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SD65 Whipple Ranch Airport
Wilmot, South Dakota, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 19 MARCH 2026

Location

FAA Identifier: SD65
Lat/Long: 45-26-15.8600N 096-59-59.2790W
45-26.264333N 096-59.987983W
45.4377389,-96.9997997
(estimated)
Elevation: 1462 ft. / 446 m (estimated)
Variation: 06E (1985)
From city: 6 miles W of WILMOT, SD
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 57257

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 07/1973
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: HURON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: no
Segmented circle: no

Airport Services

Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 1/19

Dimensions: 2300 x 66 ft. / 701 x 20 m
Surface: turf
RUNWAY 1  RUNWAY 19
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Obstructions: none30 ft. pline
AND TREES.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: WHIPPLE RANCH, INC.
13453 460TH AVE
WILMOT, SD 57279
Phone 605-938-4143
Manager: F. WILLIAM WHIPPLE
13453 460TH AVE
WILMOT, SD 57279
Phone 605-938-4143

Additional Remarks

- FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at SD65.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

8D3 - Sisseton Municipal Airport (14 nm N)
1D1 - Milbank Municipal Airport (22 nm SE)
KVVV - Ortonville Municipal Airport/Martinson Field (26 nm E)
KETH - Wheaton Municipal Airport (28 nm NE)
KATY - Watertown Regional Airport (32 nm S)
  
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Aerial photo of SD65 (Whipple Ranch Airport)
Photo by Steve Hamilton
Photo taken 28-Oct-2008
Runway is on the left (east) side of gravel road
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 20-Mar-2026
 Local
(UTC-5)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:0312:03
Sunrise07:3212:32
Sunset19:3900:39
Evening civil twilight20:0901:09

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  20-Mar-2026 15:33:17
Local (UTC-5)  20-Mar-2026 10:33:17
 
METAR
K8D3 
14nm N 		201456Z AUTO 32007KT 07/04 A2995 RMK AO1 SLP142 T00670039 51012
KVVV 
26nm E 		201515Z AUTO 34007KT 10SM CLR 07/04 A2996 RMK AO2
KETH 
26nm NE 		201513Z AUTO 35007KT 10SM SCT100 06/03 A2997 RMK AO2
TAF
KATY 
33nm S 		201120Z 2012/2112 00000KT P6SM FEW220 FM201500 32004KT P6SM FEW240 FM201700 26009KT P6SM SCT250 FM210200 20005KT P6SM SKC
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