Airport type City of Yankton Location 1,306 1/19 3,380 Address Yankton, SD 57078, USA Code YKN | Operator Yankton, South Dakota Elevation AMSL 398.1 ft / 121 m 3,380 1,030 Elevation 398 m Phone +1 605-668-5221 | |
Taking off from chan gurney municipal airport yankton 29th july 2009
Chan Gurney Municipal Airport (IATA: YKN, ICAO: KYKN, FAA LID: YKN) is three miles north of Yankton, in Yankton County, South Dakota. It is named for John Chandler "Chan" Gurney, a native of Yankton who was a sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War I and later became a U.S. Senator. The airport covers 458 acres (185 ha) and has two runways.
United Express once flew Yankton to Minneapolis, Minnesota and Denver, Colorado. North Central began DC-3 flights to Yankton in 1957-58; successor Republic left about 1982 and Yankton dropped out of the OAG in 1989-90.
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