Welcome to The City of Pipestone MN
Pipestone's Public Transportation
The City of Pipestone's Transit Program
has been in existence for  approximately
24 years. The taxi service is demand responsive and all
residents of the City are eligible to use the service.
Initially, the program operated with one taxi. A second
taxi was needed in order to satisfy the demand. In 1995
the city acquired their first 11-passenger, one-wheelchair
accessible bus. At present, the City has three of the
fore- mentioned buses. Since the transit program has been
in existence, the amount of service has been steadily
increasing. In 1990, 19,854 passengers used the taxis; in
1999, 28,229 passengers were counted. There were 29,365
passengers in 2000. Passengers are charged for rides,
however, tokens are available to lessen the financial
burden of the service.
Pipestone
Municipal Airport
Pipestone Municipal Airport has been in
existence since 1945 .
This facility is located southeast of the City, adjacent
to the industrial park on approximately 350 acres of
land. The airport is a
publicly owned, general aviation facility classified as an
"Intermediate System" by the State of Minnesota
System Categories. An Intermediate System, by
definition, is an airport having a paved and lighted
runway less than 5,000' in length, capable of
accommodating all single-engine and most twin-engine
aircraft, as well as some light jet aircraft.
The lighted, paved runway is 4,312' in
length, 75' wide, and runs north/south. An east/west
crosswind runway is also utilized by the airport.
The unlit, turf runway is 2.359' in length and 221' in
width. The airport is equipped with a rotating
beacon, wind sock, REIL'S (Runway End Identification
Lights), VASI'S (Visual Approach Slope Indicators), ADF
(Automatic Direction Finder Instrument Approach), and AWOS
(Automatic Weather Observation Station).
The newly constructed Arrival/Departure Building
opened its doors in April 2008.
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