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K49B ·
Sturgis Municipal Airport
44.41800°N
-103.37500°W
ARR / DAY
4
▲
40.0%
DEP / DAY
5
▲
36.0%
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 4 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 3% of observed flights.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
63°F
Wind
3 kts
110°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
11/29
5,100 ft × 60
ASP● LITMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
29
84% of ops
158 land · 21 TO
11
16% of ops
31 land · 158 TO
Runway 29 carries 84% of operations (158 landings, 21 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 16%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
29
158 landings
UA 6%
11
31 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 29 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 158 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
6.6
flights/day · 198 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| 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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