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Wilder Airport
De Smet, United States
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Wilder Airport
De Smet, United States
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K6E5
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Small general aviation airport serving De Smet, South Dakota.
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De Smet, United States
Wilder Airport (ICAO: K6E5) is a small public-use general aviation airport located near De Smet, South Dakota, in Kingsbury County. It serves the local community and surrounding agricultural region, primarily accommodating light private and utility aircraft.
De Smet is historically significant as the childhood home of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, and the airport's name reflects that local heritage. The facility operates without a control tower and offers basic infrastructure typical of rural general aviation airports in the upper Midwest.
Notable facts
- ›Wilder Airport is named in honor of Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose childhood home was in De Smet, South Dakota.
- ›The airport is a public-use, non-towered general aviation facility.
- ›It is located in Kingsbury County, South Dakota.
- ›The airport primarily serves light private and agricultural aviation needs.
- ›No scheduled commercial airline service operates at this airport.
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