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Townsend Airport

46.33120°N
-111.48300°W
ARR / DAY
1
30.8%
DEP / DAY
2
0.0%

Townsend Airport (K8U8) is a small general aviation airport located in Townsend, MT, 148 mi west of Billings. It features 1 runway measuring 3,999 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KHLN, 30 mi away (K8U8 does not publish METAR)

53m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
4 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KHLN 291553Z 06004KT 8SM FU CLR 23/09 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP134 T02280089

Runways

1 installed

3,999 FT MAX
16/34
3,999 ft × 60
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

34
75% of ops
90 land · 11 TO
16
25% of ops
30 land · 26 TO
Runway 34 carries 75% of operations (90 landings, 11 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

34 90 landings
UA 0%
16 30 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 34 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 90 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)
4pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
84%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 4.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (1.8 vs 5.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 117 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZLC
Mag var:
16° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 16:46 UTC