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Clark County Airport

airport in Clark County, South Dakota, United States of America

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ1654512 ↗
Source-derived summary

Clark County Airport (FAA LID: 8D7) is a county-owned public-use airport located two miles (3 km) northeast of the central business district of Clark, in Clark County, South Dakota, United States.

Facilities and aircraft

Clark County Airport covers an area of 196 acres (79 ha) which contains two runways: 13/31 with a 3,697 x 60 ft (1,127 x 18 m) asphalt pavement and 3/21 with a 1,258 x 100 ft (383 x 30 m) turf surface. For the 12-month period ending June 28, 2022, the airport had 3,200 aircraft operations: 100% general aviation and <1% air taxi.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Clark County Airport” as airport in Clark County, South Dakota, United States of America. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Clark, County and Airport.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2022—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Clark, County and Airport providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Clark County Airport”, the useful work is to connect “airport in Clark County, South Dakota, United States of America” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1654512. Authority coordinates are 44.895, -97.711. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2022.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Clark County Airport”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Clark County Airport primary sources, Clark County Airport archive and Clark research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Clark County Airport”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Clark County Airport” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.