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US-1274 ·

Ottertail Lake Airport

45.81893°N
-111.69589°W
ARR / DAY
1
0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
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 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

46m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
9 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBZN 040056Z 21009KT 10SM OVC100 23/02 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP074 T02280017 $

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
70% of ops
31 land · 16 TO
8
30% of ops
13 land · 1 TO
Runway 26 carries 70% of operations (31 landings, 16 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 8 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

26 31 landings
UA 16%
8 13 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 31 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 · 12am
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–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 (29% of 58 flights). Top three types: , , .
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