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📍 Three Forks⬆ 4,155 ft1 runways
US-1274 ·

Ottertail Lake Airport

45.81893°N
-111.69589°W
ARR / DAY
1
33.3%
DEP / DAY
0
0.0%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

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
68% of ops
17 land · 9 TO
8
32% of ops
8 land · 0 TO
Runway 26 carries 68% of operations (17 landings, 9 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 8 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

26 17 landings
UA 18%
8 8 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
1.6
flights/day · 48 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 1.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (1.8 vs 1.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 48 flights). Top three types: , , .
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