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Sturgis Municipal Airport

44.41800°N
-103.37500°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 42.9%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 6.7%

Sturgis Municipal Airport (K49B) is a small general aviation airport located in Sturgis, SD, 268 mi east of Billings. It features 1 runway measuring 5,100 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6d ago
Temp
52°F
Wind
11 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR K49B 061540Z AUTO 30011KT 10SM CLR 11/02 A3014 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

5,100 FT MAX
11/29
5,100 ft × 60
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

29
87% of ops
52 land · 14 TO
11
13% of ops
8 land · 29 TO
Runway 29 carries 87% of operations (52 landings, 14 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 13%.

Approach quality

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

29 52 landings
UA 4%
11 8 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 29 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 52 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
4.0
flights/day · 119 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 4.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (4.2 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 97 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 119.500 —
APCH 259.100 —
DEP 289.400 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 119.275 —
APT REMA 121.725 —
OTHER 121.725 —
RAPID CI 127.950 —
OTHER 127.950 —
RAPID CI 338.200 —
OTHER 338.200 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDV
Mag var:
11° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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