SD Aviation Associations, Clubs, & Organizations

• Abandon or Little-Known Airfields in South Dakota
• Black Hills Flyers
• Black Hills Soaring Club
• Brookings Aerosport Unlimited Flying Club
  [Warren Hovland, Email: hovland_bkx@yahoo.com, Phone: 605-690-0605]
• Brookings Aviation Enthusiasts
  [Brian VanLiere, Email: ime@swiftel.net, Phone: 605-651-3849]
• Chan Gurney Municipal Airport
• Commemorative Air Force: Joe Foss Squadron
• Custer County Airport
• EAA Chapter 39, Black Hills/Rapid City
• EAA Chapter 289, Tea/Sioux Falls
• EAA Chapter 291, Sioux City, IA/South Sioux City, NE
• EAA Chapter 1029, Yankton
  [Steve Hamilton, Email: skyhawk43v@gmail.com; Phone: 605-665-8448]
• Ellsworth AFB, SD
• Hardrocker Flying Club (SD School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City)
• Historical film of aircraft flying at 1912 SD State Fair
• Historical film of aircraft flying at1938 Spearfish Air Show
• History of Stratobowl
• History of Aviation in South Dakota by Jim Anez (1946 to 1994)
• LATC Aviation Maintenance Technology Program, Watertown
• LATC Professional Fixed Wing Pilot, Watertown
• Madison Aviation Enthusiasts
  [Morris Riggin at 605-256-9774 or Charlie Keppen at 605-480-1312]
• Mockingbird Flying Club (Sioux Falls)
• North Central Plains Ultra Light Club
  [Dwayne LaFave, Email: dwayne.lafave@gmail.com, 605-860-1650]
• R/C Clubs in South Dakota [In “Search,” select ‘South Dakota.’ There are several listed in South Dakota]
• Recreational Aviation Foundation, SD State Liaison (Ray Jilek, 605-641-2787, RAF Email Address: rjilek@theraf.org)
• SD Airport Management Association
• SD Office of Local Transportation Programs – Air, Rail & Transit
• SD codified laws pertaining to aviation
• SD Department of Agriculture, Wildland Fire Suppression Division, Aviation Program
• SD Department of Public Safety (Highway Patrol Aircraft & Aviation)
• South Dakota Aviation Association
• SD Professional Aviation Maintenance Association
  [David Timmons, Email: david.timmons@state.sd.us or 605-773-3434]
• SD Air National Guard
• SD Air & Space Museum
• SD Aviation Hall of Fame
• SD Civil Air Patrol
• SD Chapter of 99s [Chair: Kelene Fercho, Vermillion, contact:605-624-4160 or kfercho@usd.edu]
• SD Chapter of the International Flying Farmers & Ranchers
  [Minnkota Chapter]
• SD “Great Planes” Chapter of Women in Aviation International [contact Randi Pederson; 605-215-2940; randi_pederson@yahoo.com]
• SDSU Aviation Program, Brookings
• SDSU Flying Jacks
• SDSU, Brookings, SD Air Force ROTC
• SD Space Grant Consortium
• Sioux Falls Ballooning Association
• Sioux Falls Ballooning Association (facebook)
• Want to Fly a Trike [Sioux Falls]
• Watertown R/C Club [contact Mark Robbins at 605-520-0854 or mark.david.robbins@gmail.com]
• Yankton Regional Aviation Association [Steve Hamilton, Email: skyhawk43v@gmail.com; Phone: 605-665-8448]
• YRAA – EAA 1029

SD Aviation Businesses

* Indicates SDPA News Advertisers

• Aberdeen Flying Service, Aberdeen
• Advanced Aerotechnologies Group, Rapid City
• Aerostar International
• ATY Aviation, Watertown
• Belle Fourche Flight Center
• Black Hills Aerial Adventures
• Black Hills Balloons
• Born to Fly Graphics
• C&B Aviation, Sturgis
• Dakota Aerials
• Dakota Cub Aircraft, Inc
• Dakota Flight Center, Mitchell
• Dale Aviation, Rapid City
• Eagle Aviation, Spearfish *
• Graham Field (North Sioux City, SD)
• Hangar 9, Inc, Aberdeen
• Hoffner Aviation, Yankton
• Jim Peitz Air Shows
• Jones Aviation, Faulkton
• John Mollison (web home of Sioux Falls aviation artist, historican, and filmmaker)
• Leon Basler’s Artwork
• Legacy Aviation LLC
• Madison Aircraft [605-270-9774; madisonaircraft@hotmail.com]
• Maverick Air Center
• Morning Star Photography, Watertown (aerial photography of farms & ranches)
• Mustang Aviation, Pierre *
• Old Guys and Their Airplanes
• Pheasants Fury Aviation, Brookings
• Plane Training LLC
• PowerLift Doors, Rapid City and Lake Benton, MN
• Quest Aviation, Aberdeen
• Rapid Avionics, Rapid City
• Rapid City Airport
• Rapid Fuel, Rapid City Airport
• Raven Industries/Aerostar, Sioux Falls
• Riggin Flight Services
• Revv Aviation, Huron
• Satnan Avionics, Sioux Falls
• Schweiss Doors*
• Schweiss Hydraulic Doors
• Signature Flight Support, Sioux Falls
• Sioux Falls Airport
• Skydive Hot Springs
• Tri-State Avionics, Rapid City [605-209-2102]
• Vanguard Squadron
• Vetterman Exhaust, Oral
• WESTJET Air Center, Rapid City
• Western Hills Aviation, Custer [605-673-3874]
• Wheatland Aviation (Clark, SD) [605-884-6007; wheatlandaviation@gmail.com]
• Wright Brothers Aviation, Mitchell

National Organizations

• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
• Alliance for Aviation Across America
• Experimental Aircraft Association
• United States Pilots Association

Neighboring State Aeronautics Offices

• Idaho Division of Aeronautics
• Iowa Office of Aviation
• Nebraska Department of Aeronautics
• North Dakota Aeronautics Commission
• North Dakota Aviation Council
• Montana Aeronautics Division
• Wyoming Aeronautics Division

State Organizations

• Alabama Aviator
• Alaska Airmen’s Association
• Arizona Pilot’s Association
• Arkansas Agricultural Aviation Association
• Backcountry Pilot
• California Pilots Association
• Colorado Pilots Association
• Florida Aero Club
• Georgia: Mid-Georgia Soaring
• Georgia Pilots Association
• Idaho Aviation Association
• Illinois Pilots Association
• Indiana: Aviation Association of Indiana
• Iowa: Associated Pilots of Iowa
• Kansas Pilots Association
• Kentucky Aviation Association
• Kentucky Pilots Association
• Maine Aeronautics Association
• Michigan Aviation Association
• Minnesota Pilots Association
• Missouri Pilots Association
• Montana Pilots Association
• Nebraska Pilots
• New Hampshire Pilots Association
• New Jersey Aviation Association
• New Mexico Pilots Association
• North Dakota Aviation Council
• North Dakota Pilots Association
• Ohio Aviation Association
• Oregon Pilots Association
• Recreational Aviation Foundation
• Rhode Island Pilots Association
• South Carolina Aviation Association
• Tennessee Aviation Network
• Texas Aviation Association
• Texas Pilots Association
• Utah Backcountry Pilot’s Association
• Utah General Aviation Association
• Washington Pilots Association
• Wyoming Pilots Association

State Contacts

Federal Contacts

U.S. Congressional Contacts