Airports / South Dakota / ATY
Watertown Regional Airport
KATY / ATYWatertown, South DakotaELEV 1,749 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
56 nm
To the nearest alternate
Huron Regional Airport (HON).
Overview
Watertown Regional Airport (KATY / ATY) sits in Watertown, South Dakota, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 1,749 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
ATY has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Huron Regional Airport (HON, 56 nm), Aberdeen Regional Airport (ABR, 63 nm), and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD, 82 nm).
Quotes for flights out of ATY vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from ATY, or browse verified operators serving the area.
What fliers highlight
Staff & service
3/5 reviews“The airport staff were very helpful and nice.”
Tania Russell5★ on Google
Terminal & facilities
2/5 reviews“Check-in was very easy and the waiting area by the restaurant is new, nice, and comfortable.”
Tania Russell5★ on Google
Themes counted by keyword across Google review texts for Watertown Regional Airport — every quote is verbatim from a real review.
Field capability
ICAO
KATY
IATA
ATY
FAA / Local
ATY
Elevation
1,749 ft
Coordinates
44.9140° N · 97.1547° W
Airspace
E · EchoClass E — EchoControlled airspace reaches the surface for instrument approaches, but there is no control tower on the field.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs SD fields
state range 1,289–3,931 ft
At 1,749 ft, ATY sits higher than 61% of the 18 South Dakota fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 56nmHONHuron Regional AirportHuron
- 63nmABRAberdeen Regional AirportAberdeen
- 82nmFSDSioux Falls Regional AirportSioux Falls
- 91nmRWFRedwood Falls Municipal AirportRedwood Falls
- 94nmAXNChandler FieldAlexandria
- 120nmYKNChan Gurney Municipal AirportYankton
Location
Open the full mapKATY · Watertown Regional Airport · Watertown, SD
From the ramp
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