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]
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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 | ||||||||||||||
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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 IEN by the FAA and XPR by the IATA.[4]
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]