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US-1274 ·

Ottertail Lake Airport

45.81893°N
-111.69589°W
ARR / DAY
0
40.0%
DEP / DAY
0
50.0%

Ottertail Lake Airport (US-1274) is a small general aviation airport located in Three Forks, MT, 154 mi west of Billings. It features 1 runway measuring 1,852 feet.

Current weather

From KBZN, 26 mi away (US-1274 does not publish METAR)

57m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
3 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBZN 010056Z 24003KT 10SM CLR 25/M02 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP130 T02501022

Runways

1 installed

1,852 FT MAX
8/26
1,852 ft × 30
Turf/Dirt○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

26
71% of ops
17 land · 8 TO
8
29% of ops
7 land · 0 TO
Runway 26 carries 71% of operations (17 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 8 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

26 17 landings
UA 18%
8 7 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 18% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 17 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
1.5
flights/day · 45 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 1.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (1.8 vs 1.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 45 flights). Top three types: , , .
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