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

Ottertail Lake Airport

45.81893°N
-111.69589°W
ARR / DAY
1
20.0%
DEP / DAY
0
25.0%

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

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

34m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
4 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBZN 012056Z 18004KT 10SM CLR 25/04 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP104 T02500044 58020

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 · 8 TO
8
32% of ops
8 land · 0 TO
Runway 26 carries 68% of operations (17 landings, 8 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 · 47 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
68%
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 (28% of 47 flights). Top three types: , , .
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