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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
1
33.3%

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 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

32m ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
16 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBZN 022356Z 30016G24KT 10SM CLR 22/02 A2981 RMK AO2 PK WND 28029/2258 SLP061 T02220022 10283 20211 53013

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
73% of ops
32 land · 17 TO
8
27% of ops
12 land · 0 TO
Runway 26 carries 73% of operations (32 landings, 17 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 8 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

26 32 landings
UA 16%
8 12 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 32 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
1.9
flights/day · 58 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 6pm · 2pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 1.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (1.8 vs 2.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 58 flights). Top three types: , , .
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