Pine Ridge Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Oglala Sioux Tribe | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Pine Ridge, South Dakota | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,333 ft / 1,016 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°01′21″N 102°30′40″W / 43.02250°N 102.51111°W | ||||||||||||||
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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.[1] The airport is owned by the Oglala Sioux Tribe,[1] which has its tribal headquarters at Pine Ridge on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.[2] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.[3]
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.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]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.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for IEN PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.
- ^ South Dakota Office of Tribal Government Relations Archived 2009-02-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-02-08.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Pine Ridge Airport (IATA: XPR, ICAO: KIEN, FAA: IEN)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
External links
[edit]- Pine Ridge (IEN) at South Dakota DOT Airport Directory
- Aerial image as of 10 October 1996 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for IEN, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for IEN
- AirNav airport information for KIEN
- ASN accident history for XPR
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures