Watertown Regional Airport
Watertown Regional Airport
Watertown Regional Airport (IATA: ATY, ICAO: KATY, FAA LID: ATY), formerly Watertown Municipal Airport, is two miles northwest of Watertown in Codington County, South Dakota, United States. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015–2019 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service facility. Federal Aviation Administration data says it had 4,348 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2013, a decrease of 30.5% from 6,254 enplanements in 2012.
Location
44.914°N, 97.155°O · 533 m s. n. m. (1.749 ft)
General data
Runways · 2
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 3 Official publication
Approach
Common traffic (CTAF)
Automated weather
Frequencies from the official publication: FAA NASR, AIRAC 01 OCT 2026, checked on Oct 16, 2026. They change with each amendment: not for navigation without checking the current AIP. See the official publication In MHz.
History
During World War II, the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a Second Air Force cold weather bomber training base as an auxiliary to Sioux Falls Army Air Field, and by Air Proving Ground Command.
B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator units underwent advanced training before going overseas. One unit that trained here was the 702d Bombardment Squadron of the 445th Bombardment Group.
What flies here
From our own logbook: 5 aircraft documented between 2020 and 2021.
Types seen here
Airlines with documented aircraft
A count of our own aircraft profiles, year by year, from the public United States flight records: it reflects what we have documented, not the airport’s total traffic.
Airlines operating here · 2
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
Photo: United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · view original
Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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This page was last updated on October 16, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 16). Watertown Regional Airport (ATY). Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ATY
MLA
“Watertown Regional Airport (ATY).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 16 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ATY. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Watertown Regional Airport (ATY).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 16, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ATY.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Watertown Regional Airport (ATY). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ATY (Accessed: 25 October 2026).
BibTeX
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title = {{Watertown Regional Airport (ATY)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-16},
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howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ATY}},
urldate = {2026-10-25},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-25}
}Wikipedia
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