Small rural airfield apron and terminal at Philip Airport in South Dakota with light aircraft and open prairie under a wide golden-hour sky

Airport

Philip Municipal Airport (PHP)

Philip Municipal Airport is a small public airport about three miles east of Philip, South Dakota, providing access to the town and the surrounding western South Dakota region. Compare transfer options to Philip, Wall, Badlands National Park, Rapid City and the Black Hills, and plan your onward journey with ease.

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About Philip Municipal Airport

Philip Municipal Airport is the public airport serving the town of Philip and Haakon County in west-central South Dakota. Activated in December 1937, it is a publicly-owned general aviation facility located about three miles east of town along US Highway 14.

The airport has a 3,998-foot lighted asphalt runway and a turf runway, and it supports private, business and agricultural aviation in the region. There is no scheduled commercial passenger service or control tower, and the field is unattended.

Facilities include a 24-hour pilot lounge with telephone and restrooms, 100LL fuel available by credit card, a courtesy car into Philip, and hangar and tie-down space. The airport sits roughly 90 miles east of Rapid City and 90 miles west of Pierre.

It serves as a convenient access point for pilots visiting western South Dakota, with Badlands National Park about 30 minutes away and Wall, the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore within easy driving distance.

Small general aviation terminal and hangars at Philip Airport in South Dakota under a wide prairie sky.

Terminal Overview

Travelers walking beneath terminal signs inside an airport

Terminals

Philip Municipal Airport operates as a small public-use general aviation facility with a single terminal building serving pilots and passengers. The airport is unattended and has no airline terminals, commercial passenger terminals or control tower.

Ground Transportation Services to and from Philip Municipal Airport

Transfers

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Car Rental

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Bus & Group Transfers

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