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

Ottertail Lake Airport

45.81893°N
-111.69589°W
ARR / DAY
1
50.0%
DEP / DAY
0
70.0%

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)

45m ago
Temp
56°F
Wind
4 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBZN 291256Z 32004KT 10SM FEW070 BKN090 OVC120 13/13 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP132 T01330128

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
76% of ops
19 land · 8 TO
8
24% of ops
6 land · 0 TO
Runway 26 carries 76% of operations (19 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 8 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

26 19 landings
UA 21%
8 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 21% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 19 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 · 49 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 1.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (1.9 vs 1.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 49 flights). Top three types: , , .
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