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Sturgis Municipal Airport

44.41800°N
-103.37500°W
ARR / DAY
3
9.1%
DEP / DAY
4
30.4%

Sturgis Municipal Airport (K49B) is a small general aviation airport located in Sturgis, SD, 268 mi east of Billings. It features 1 runway measuring 5,100 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8m ago
Temp
93°F
Wind
10 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K49B 022235Z AUTO 22010G21KT 160V270 10SM FEW120 34/12 A2976 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

5,100 FT MAX
11/29
5,100 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

29
89% of ops
124 land · 23 TO
11
11% of ops
15 land · 105 TO
Runway 29 carries 89% of operations (124 landings, 23 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 11%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

29 124 landings
UA 11%
11 15 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 29 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 124 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
6.4
flights/day · 191 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 9pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 6.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (7.2 vs 6.3 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (36% of 133 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 119.500
APCH 259.100
DEP 289.400
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 119.275
APT REMA 121.725
OTHER 121.725
RAPID CI 127.950
OTHER 127.950
RAPID CI 338.200
OTHER 338.200
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDV
Mag var:
11° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 22:43 UTC