Winner Regional Airport , also known as Bob Wiley Field, is a public airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located one mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Winner

Winner, South Dakota

Winner is a city in Tripp County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,897 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Tripp County. Winner also serves as the administrative center of neighboring Todd County, which does not have its own county seat. The nearest airport is Winner...

, a city in Tripp County

Tripp County, South Dakota

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,430 people, 2,550 households, and 1,721 families residing in the county. The population density was 4 people per square mile . There were 3,036 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile...

, South Dakota

South Dakota

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, United States

United States

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. The airport is owned by the City of Winner. The airport's FAA location identifier, formerly SFD, was changed on July 5, 2007.

Facilities and aircraft

Winner Regional Airport covers an area of 226 acres (91.5 ha) which contains two runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

s: 13/31 which has a concrete

Concrete

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 pavement measuring 4,500 x 75 ft (1,372 x 23 m) and 3/21 with a turf

Grass

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 surface measuring 2,900 x 150 ft (884 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending June 13, 2007, the airport had 19,800 aircraft operations, an average of 54 per day: 98% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 2% air taxi

Air taxi

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External links

at South Dakota Department of Transportation

• Airport page at City of Winner web site