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Chan Gurney Municipal Airport lies three miles north of Yankton in southeastern South Dakota, serving as the city's general aviation and business aircraft gateway since the airfield opened in the 1940s. It offers a substantial hard-surfaced runway with an ILS approach, making it a useful stop for both VFR and instrument training flights in the region.
Chan Gurney Municipal Airport is a public airfield serving Yankton, South Dakota, and the surrounding area. It is named for John Chandler Gurney, a Yankton native who served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army during the First World War before going on to become a United States Senator. The field has long acted as the city's link for business, military and personal air travel, and its longer runway with an ILS approach gives it a level of instrument capability that makes it a worthwhile destination for simulator pilots practising approaches in the American Midwest.
The airport is located approximately three miles north of the city of Yankton, South Dakota, on a site of 458 acres.
The airfield has two physical runways. Runway 13/31 is 6,088 feet long with a hard surface and is lit, with an ILS approach serving runway 31. Runway 02/20 is 3,384 feet long, also hard-surfaced and lit.
An AWOS-3 automated weather observing system broadcasts on 111.4 MHz. Minneapolis Center provides en-route radar service on 124.1 MHz, and Huron Radio can be reached on 111.4 MHz. UNICOM/CTAF traffic is worked on 122.8 MHz. Runway 31 is served by an ILS approach.
No published noise abatement procedures are provided by the airport manager, according to aeronautical reference sources.
The airport is named for John Chandler Gurney, a Yankton native who served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War I and later represented South Dakota in the United States Senate. Scheduled airline service began with North Central Airlines operating Douglas DC-3 flights to Yankton from 1957 to 1958. Successor carrier Republic Airlines continued service until around 1982, and Yankton dropped out of the Official Airline Guide by 1989-1990. AAA Airlines also served the field with non-stop flights to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Norfolk, Nebraska. United Express operated a route to Denver until discontinuing it in April 2001, after which scheduled airline service ended.
The airport today functions as a general aviation field without scheduled airline service. There are no flying clubs listed as operating at the airport.