Lake Cochrane Seaplane Base

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Location

Latitude: 
 44-42-35.1500N (44.709764)
Longitude: 
 096-28-28.3500W (-96.474542)
Elevation: 
 1690.0 feet MSL (515 m MSL)
Magnetic Variation: 
 2.4 E (as of December 2025 from WMM2020 model)
Time Zone: 
 UTC -6.0 (Standard Time)
UTC -5.0 (Daylight Savings Time)
From City: 
 05 N.M. S of Gary, South Dakota
Found On: 
 Twin Cities Chart
FAA Region: 
 AGL

Contacts

Manager: 
Publicly owned: 
JAMES EKHOLM
2382 LAKE COCHRANE DRIVE EAST
GARY, SD 57237
561-702-5870		 STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA
2382 LAKE COCHRANE DRIVE EAST
GARY, SD 57237
561-702-5870

Operations

Airport Status: 
 Operational
Facility Use: 
 Public
Type: 
 Seaplane Base
Activation Date: 
 08/2017
Control tower: 
 No
Boundary ARTCC: 
 ZMP (Minneapolis)
Responsible ARTCC: 
 ZMP (Minneapolis)
Traffic Pattern Altitude (MSL): 
 2690 feet (820 m)
NOTAMs Facility: 
 HON
NOTAM-D Service: 
 Yes

Based Aircraft

Annual Operations (as of )

Communications

CTAF:  122.900

       

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    Flight Service Stations

    Primary Alternate
    FSS on Field: 
    FSS Name (ID):  Huron(HON)
    Frequency: 
    Toll Free Phone:  1-800-WX-BRIEF

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    Navigation Aids (Navaids) near SD2

    Navigational Aid (NAVAID) distances from the airport are listed in Nautical Miles (NM).

    Nearby Airports with Fuel

    Dist (NM) Name (Airport IDs) True Hdg Mag Hdg Fuel Grade
    9.0 Myers Field Airport
    (KCNB CNB)    		 82 80 100LL, Jet A
    20.9 Lac Qui Parle County Airport
    (KDXX DXX)    		 37 35 100LL
    28.4 Brookings Regional Airport
    (BKX KBKX BKX)    		 211 208 100LL, Jet A
    31.4 Watertown Regional Airport
    (ATY KATY ATY)    		 293 290 100LL, Jet A
    31.5 Milbank Municipal Airport
    (1D1)    		 352 350 100LL
    31.8 Southwest Minnesota Regional Marshall/Ryan Field Airport
    (MML KMML MML)    		 118 116 100LL, Jet A
    36.0 Montevideo-Chippewa County Airport
    (MVE KMVE MVE)    		 64 62 100LL
    44.3 Pipestone Municipal Airport
    (KPQN PQN)    		 170 168 100LL, Jet A
    46.3 Tracy Municipal Airport
    (KTKC TKC)    		 126 124 100LL
    49.2 Madison Municipal Airport
    (XMD KMDS MDS)    		 212 209 100LL, Jet A
    53.8 Clark County Airport
    (8D7)    		 282 279 100LL, Jet A
    60.3 Redwood Falls Municipal Airport
    (RWF KRWF RWF)    		 98 97 100LL, Jet A
    61.6 Olivia Regional Airport
    (KOVL OVL)    		 85 84 100LL
    62.2 Willmar Municipal/John L Rice Field Airport
    (ILL KBDH BDH)    		 66 65 100LL, Jet A
    68.5 Herman Municipal Airport
    (06Y)    		 11 9 100LL
    68.6 Joe Foss Field Airport
    (FSD KFSD FSD)    		 189 186 100LL, Jet A
    74.1 Worthington Municipal Airport
    (OTG KOTG OTG)    		 148 146 100LL, Jet A
    74.3 Glenwood Municipal Airport
    (KGHW GHW)    		 40 39 100LL
    75.1 Hector Municipal Airport
    (1D6)    		 88 87 100LL
    75.6 Windom Municipal Airport
    (MWM KMWM MWM)    		 128 127 100LL, Jet A

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    Remarks

    A110-1 FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.
    A110-2 ARPT CLSD 1 DEC T0 1 MAY.
    A70-FUEL-10 0LL CALL 507-829-9073.
    A70-FUEL-UL 91 CALL 507-829-9073.

    Runways

    Runway Summary

    Runways: 10W/28W
    Longest Runway: 10W/28W is 3920 ft (1195 m) long
    Runways with an Instrument Approach:

    SD2 Airport Runway Details

    Waterway 10W/28W  3920 ft x 100 ft (1195 m x 30 m)
    Runway Length Source:  STATE as of 05/31/2017
    Surface:  Water - No special surface treatment

    Waterway 10W

    Runway 28W
    Elevation: 
    		 1690.0 1690.0
    Latitude: 
    		 44-42-38.0000N 44-42-32.3000N
    Longitude: 
    		 096-28-55.2000W 096-28-01.5000W
    Glide Path Angle: 
    		 0.0 degrees 0.0 degrees

    Services

    Airframe Repair: 
    		 None
    Powerplant Repair: 
    		 None
    Bottled Oxygen: 
    		 None
    Bulk Oxygen: 
    		 None
    Fuel Available: 
    		 100LL, Jet A
    Landing Fees: 
    		 No
    Parking: 
    		 Tiedowns available

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