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Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Flight Instructor
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
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Environment - Non Weather Related; Procedure; Weather
Many hazards at the Sisseton; SD airport that need to be corrected: First; snow removal was done poorly. Large drifts up against the runway and on the runway itself. Second; snow piled on taxiways. Taxi lines lead directly into large snow banks. Third; snow piled on east side of the runway directly across crime the taxiway. Fourth; windsock is torn and mostly useless. Fifth; snow that is knee to waist deep [was] on the runway itself ([Runway] 34 approximately halfway down on the west side; 4-6 FT of the runway width. Sixth; taxiway and runway lights covered with snow. Lastly; inaccurate field condition NOTAMS still reported from 3 weeks ago. While there has been a lot of snow in the local area; the runway needs to be cleared better or just closed. It was hairy landing during a clear sunny day. It would be dangerous at night or anytime with reduced visibility.
Pilot reported that piled and unplowed snow on the Sisseton; SD (8D3) runway and taxiways made operations hazardous and the field condition NOTAM was three weeks old.