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Ottertail Lake Airport satellite view
📍 Three Forks⬆ 4,155 ft1 runways
US-1274 ·

Ottertail Lake Airport

45.81893°N
-111.69589°W
ARR / DAY
0
62.5%
DEP / DAY
1
55.6%

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 0 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)

33m ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
6 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBZN 281356Z 06006KT 10SM BKN100 14/12 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP158 T01390117

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
80% of ops
20 land · 8 TO
8
20% of ops
5 land · 0 TO
Runway 26 carries 80% of operations (20 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 8 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

26 20 landings
UA 20%
8 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 20% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 20 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 · 3pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm 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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