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Airport
Pine Ridge Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerOglala Sioux Tribe
ServesPine Ridge, South Dakota
Elevation AMSL3,333 ft / 1,016 m
Coordinates43°01′21″N 102°30′40″W / 43.02250°N 102.51111°W / 43.02250; -102.51111
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
6/24 3,003 915 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations1,400
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Pine Ridge Airport (IATA: XPR, ICAO: KIEN, FAA LID: IEN) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) east of the central business district of Pine Ridge, in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The airport is owned by the Oglala Sioux Tribe, which has its tribal headquarters at Pine Ridge on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned IEN by the FAA and XPR by the IATA.

Facilities and aircraft

Pine Ridge Airport covers an area of 315 acres (127 ha) at an elevation of 3,333 feet (1,016 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 12/30 is 5,000 by 60 feet (1,524 x 18 m) and 6/24 is 3,003 by 50 feet (915 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending May 12, 2008, the airport had 1,400 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 116 per month.

See also

References

  1. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for IEN PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.
  2. South Dakota Office of Tribal Government Relations Archived 2009-02-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-02-08.
  3. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  4. "Pine Ridge Airport (IATA: XPR, ICAO: KIEN, FAA: IEN)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 18 June 2010.

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