Madison Municipal Airport (IATA: XMD, ICAO: KMDS, FAA LID: MDS) is a city-owned public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northeast of the central business district of Madison, a city in Lake County, South Dakota, United States.[1] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned MDS by the FAA and XMD by the IATA[3] (which assigned MDS to Middle Caicos Airport in the Turks and Caicos Islands[4]).
Madison Municipal Airport covers an area of 375 acres (152 ha) at an elevation of 1,718 feet (524 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 15/33 is 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m) with an asphalt and concrete surface; 3/21 is 2,380 by 200 feet (725 x 61 m) with a turf surface.[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 18, 2023, the airport had 37,895 aircraft operations, an average of 104 per day: 100% general aviation and <1% air taxi. At that time there were 57 aircraft based at this airport: 48 single-engine, 5 multi-engine, 2 helicopter, and 2 glider.[1]