Chan Gurney Municipal Airport (IATA: YKN, ICAO: KYKN, FAA LID: YKN), also referred to as Chan Gurney Airport, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) north of the central business district (CBD) of Yankton, a city in Yankton County, South Dakota, USA. It is named for John Chandler "Chan" Gurney, a native of Yankton who was a sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War I and later became a U.S. Senator. The airport covers 458 acres (185 ha) and has two runways.
Scheduled commercial airline service was previously provided by United Express, with flights to Minneapolis, Minnesota and Denver, Colorado.
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“No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace, is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas.”
—Alfred E. Smith (1873–1944)
“Airplanes are invariably scheduled to depart at such times as 7:54, 9:21 or 11:37. This extreme specificity has the effect on the novice of instilling in him the twin beliefs that he will be arriving at 10:08, 1:43 or 4:22, and that he should get to the airport on time. These beliefs are not only erroneous but actually unhealthy.”
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