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The Yankton RC Club offers a beautiful flying field surrounded by bean and corn fields and compliant with the rules and standards set by the AMA. The site offers two grass runways approximately 125 yards long and approximately 30 yards wide each. North and South Runways 01 and 18 respectively and East and West Runways 09 and 27 respectively. There are six set up and start tables with windsock, first aide, info center, and frequency pin board. We welcome all types of aircraft, helicopters and gliders. The club offers instructions in various areas of aviation, model building and help from some master builders with years of experience, a new pilot training program and more. Meetings are held April thru October every second Sunday of the month at 6:30 pm. at the flying field.
For more information about the club, becoming a member or just coming to fly with us, please visit our "Contact us" page.
We are basically a fun bunch of guys who get together and play as kids without any adult supervision.
Yankton RC Club - Field Layout / Dimensions
Club Officers and Staff Members
President: Francis Serr
Vice-President: (Currently Open)
Secretary: Paul Phillips
Treasurer: (Currently Open)
Safety Coordinator: Francis Serr
Field Marshall (s) : Dennis Hartman / Francis Serr
Airport Maintenance: Dennis Hartman
New Pilot Training Instructor(s): None at the present time.
Web Master: Cowboy Rowland
Fly-In Information
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Airport -
| FAA Identifier: | YKN |
| Lat/Long: | 42-55-00.1000N / 097-23-09.4000W 42-55.001667N / 097-23.156667W 42.9166944 / -97.3859444 (estimated) |
| Elevation: | 1306 ft. / 398.1 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 07E (1985) |
| From city: | 3 miles N of YANKTON, SD |
| Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 57078 |
The Yankton Chan Gurney municipal airport has two runways. Runway 13-31 is 6095 feet long, 100 feet wide and has 60 runway lights and 16 threshold lights. It also has a Visual Approach Slope Indicator(VASI) system that is maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration. The VHF Omnidirectional Range(VOR) Glide slope and Localizer are also maintained by the FAA. This runway also has a parallel taxiway with 188 lights.
Services Provided include: Charter, pilot training, aircraft rental, vehicle rental, aircraft maintenance, aircraft storage, and fuel (100LL and JetA). 24-hour restrooms and phone in the terminal building.
Additional information about the airport can be found at:
http://www.airnav.com/airport/kykn
Check the Flying Wind and Conditions at the Yankton Flying Field Today !
Click on the link below to check the current flying conditions.
http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?Submit=Go&sta=KYKN&state=SD
High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things you have not dreamed of. Wheeled and sored and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the delirious, burning blue, I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace where never lark, or even eagle flew - and while with silent lifting mind I've trod the high un-trespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of God.
Pilot Officer Gillespie Magee Squadron No 412 RCAF Killed 11 December 1941
Upcoming Events
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