South St. Paul Municipal Airport

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Coordinates: 44°51′26″N 093°01′58″W / 44.85722, -93.03278

South St. Paul Municipal Airport Richard E. Fleming Field
IATA: none – ICAO: KSGS – FAA: SGS
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of South St. Paul
Serves		South St. Paul, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL		820 ft / 250 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
16/34	4,001	1,220	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			51,000
Based aircraft			217
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

South St. Paul Municipal Airport (ICAO: KSGS, FAA LID: SGS), also known as Richard E. Fleming Field or simply Fleming Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located two miles (3 km) south of the central business district of South St. Paul, a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States.^[1] It is named for Richard Fleming, a U.S. Navy pilot during World War II who was posthumously awarded a Medal of Honor.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, South St. Paul Municipal Airport is assigned SGS by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA^[2] (which assigned SGS to Sanga-Sanga Airport in Bongao, Philippines^[3]).

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

South St. Paul Municipal-Richard E. Fleming Field covers an area of 270 acres (109 ha) and contains one asphalt paved runway designated 16/34 which measures 4,001 x 100 ft. (1,220 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2006, the airport had 51,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 139 per day. There are 217 aircraft based at this airport: 97% single-engine and 3% multi-engine.^[1]