Madison Municipal Airport (IATA: XMD, ICAO: KMDS, FAA LID: MDS) is a city-owned public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northeast of the central business district of Madison, a city in Lake County, South Dakota, United States.[1] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Madison Municipal Airport
IATA: XMD ICAO: KMDS FAA LID: MDS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Madison
Serves	Madison, South Dakota
Elevation AMSL	1,718 ft / 524 m
Coordinates	44°00′59″N 097°05′08″W
Website	CityOfMadisonSD.com/...
Map
Madison Municipal Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 15/33 5,000 1,524 Asphalt/concrete 3/21 2,400 732 Turf
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 25,500 Based aircraft 57
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned MDS by the FAA and XMD by the IATA[3] (which assigned MDS to Middle Caicos Airport in the Turks and Caicos Islands[4]).

Facilities and aircraft

Madison Municipal Airport covers an area of 375 acres (152 ha) at an elevation of 1,718 feet (524 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 15/33 is 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m) with an asphalt and concrete surface; 3/21 is 2,400 by 200 feet (732 x 61 m) with a turf surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending October 19, 2009, the airport had 25,500 aircraft operations, an average of 69 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 57 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, 7% helicopter, 4% glider and 4% ultralight.[1]

References

External links

• Airport page at City of Madison website
• Airport diagram from South Dakota DOT
• Aerial image as of 29 April 1998 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for MDS, effective June 16, 2022

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for MDS
  • AirNav airport information for KMDS
  • ASN accident history for XMD
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures