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US-8601 Weather Avera Wagner Community Memorial Hospital Heliport

Wagner, South DakotaElevation 1,453 ftHeliport
OFF-FIELD REFERENCE
Nearest report: KONL · 40 NM SW · 8 min old
Ceiling 400 ft, visibility 5 SM.
No on-field report, so no field flight category. Conditions at the field may differ.
OFF-FIELD REFERENCE · KONL
WIND
030@10
steady
VISIBILITY
5 SM
8 km
CEILING
400 ft
lowest BKN/OVC
FORECAST & PILOT NOTES · SUPPLEMENTAL

Extended forecast and pilot notes

No aviation METAR is published for this airport. The nearest National Weather Service station reports visibility 0.3 SM. This observation is older than usual, so treat it with extra caution. Treat this as supplemental, not an aviation observation. Forecast suggests tonight rain showers, low near 35F, 89% chance of precipitation. Key risks: thunderstorms in the forecast.

PILOT WEATHER NOTES
Thunderstorms in the forecastWeather.gov
Monday: Rain Showers. Watch for developing convection and plan alternates.
DayConditionsTemp FWindGustsPrecipPilot note
Tonight Rain Showers 35 NE 9 kt – 89%
Monday Rain Showers 48/34 NE 13 kt 22 kt 100% Thunderstorms in the forecast
Tuesday Mostly Cloudy 59/42 SW 13 kt 22 kt 3%
Wednesday Mostly Sunny 65/40 S 4 kt – 9%
Thursday Mostly Sunny 65/45 ENE 4 kt – 5%
Friday Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 67/48 ESE 9 kt – 54%
Saturday Chance Rain Showers 62/44 SSE 9 kt – 54%
Sunday Partly Sunny 61 NW 9 kt – 7%

Source: National Weather Service (office FSD). Forecast issued 0346Z.

Radar

Radar data: NOAA/NWS MRMS composite reflectivity. For situational awareness only, not a substitute for an official weather briefing.

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RUNWAYS & WIND
Crosswind calculator
No runway layout is available for US-8601. Enter a runway number or heading to estimate wind components.
FIELD CONDITIONS

Field elevation

Field elevation
1,453 ft MSL

Density and pressure altitude need a current temperature and altimeter from the METAR.

DAYLIGHT & NIGHT

Sun & logging windows

Sunset
2335Z 6:35 PM
Sunrise
1300Z 8:00 AM
Loggable night
0004Z (7:04 PM local) → 1230Z (7:30 AM local)
end of evening to start of morning civil twilight
Position lights required
2335Z (6:35 PM local) → 1300Z (8:00 AM local)
sunset to sunrise (91.209)
Night passenger currency
0035Z (7:35 PM local) → 1200Z (7:00 AM local)
1 hr after sunset to 1 hr before sunrise (61.57(b))

FAA definitions, shown in Zulu with airport-local time. Verify for your operation.

AIRPORT INFORMATION

Facility & services

Avera Wagner Community Memorial Hospital Heliport is in Wagner, South Dakota. Field elevation 1,453 ft MSL. Airport facts are drawn from OurAirports and the FAA NASR dataset.

OPERATIONS & CONTACT
TypeHeliport
CHARTS & AIRSPACE
ICAO / IATAUS-8601
RegionSouth Dakota
CountryUnited States
Coordinates43.0779, -98.3020
SERVICES & LIGHTING
Control towerNon-towered
AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY

Traffic patterns

Aircraft activity data is not available for this airport yet.

NEARBY AIRPORTS

Weather reference stations

US-8601 has no on-field report. Nearest reporting station: KONL (40 NM SW, LIFR).

KONL O'Neill Municipal Airport–John L Baker Field
40 NM SW
LIFR
KYKN Chan Gurney Municipal Airport
41 NM E
MVFR
KMHE Mitchell Municipal Airport
43 NM N
VFR
KFSD Sioux Falls Regional Airport
75 NM NE
VFR
KOFK Karl Stefan Memorial Airport
76 NM SE
VFR
KLCG Wayne Municipal Airport / Stan Morris Field
77 NM SE
VFR
OFFICIAL LINKS & SOURCES
↗Search NOTAMs (official FAA NOTAM Search)
↗US-8601 on OurAirports
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Does US-8601 have a METAR?
No on-field METAR is issued for US-8601. This page uses the nearest reporting station as a reference.
Does US-8601 have a TAF?
No TAF is issued directly for US-8601. Use the nearest TAF-issuing field as a planning reference.
What is the field elevation at US-8601?
US-8601 sits at 1,453 ft MSL, which factors into the density-altitude estimate on this page.
Is this an official preflight weather briefing for US-8601?
No. wxdecoder.com is for education and situational awareness only. It is not an official weather briefing or a substitute for official sources, NOTAM review, and pilot judgment.
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