KATY Watertown Regional Airport
Watertown, SD · 2 miles NW of WATERTOWN, SD
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KATY
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 1749.3 ft
- Coordinates
- 44-54-50.3000N 097-09-17.0000W
- Lat / Long
- 44.9139722, -97.1547222
- Mag. variation
- 06E (1985)
- Time zone
- UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 12/1937
- ARTCC
- MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
- FSS
- HURON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- ATY (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0430-2030
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT MALSR RWY 35; PAPI RWY 12, 17, 30, & 35; HIRL RWY 17/35; MIRL RWY 12/30; REIL RWY 12, 17, & 30 - CTAF.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KATY
Runways
Longest 6,898 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 6898 x 100 ft. / 2103 x 30 m
- Surface
- concrete/grooved, in excellent condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 80.0
Runway 12
- Heading
- 119 magnetic, 125 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:6899 TODA:6899 ASDA:6899 LDA:6899
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1748.4 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
Runway 30
- Heading
- 299 magnetic, 305 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:6899 TODA:6899 ASDA:6899 LDA:6899
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1732.7 ft.
- Obstructions
- 51 ft. tree, 2013 ft. from runway, 329 ft. left of centerline, 35:1 slope to clear
- Dimensions
- 6893 x 100 ft. / 2101 x 30 m
- Surface
- concrete/grooved, in good condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 120.0
Runway 17
- Heading
- 174 magnetic, 180 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS/DME
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:6894 TODA:6894 ASDA:6894 LDA:6894
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1740.7 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
Runway 35
- Heading
- 354 magnetic, 000 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:6894 TODA:6894 ASDA:6894 LDA:6894
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1742.9 ft.
- Obstructions
- 83 ft. bldg, lighted, 3775 ft. from runway, 412 ft. left of centerline, 43:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 5
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 123.05
- Wx Asos
- 126.625 (605-882-0578)
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
Ownership
- Owner
- CITY OF WATERTOWN P.O. BOX 910 WATERTOWN, SD 57201 Phone 605-882-6209
- Manager phone
- 605-753-9357
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.