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K9S5 ·

Three Forks Airport

45.87810°N

-111.56900°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 42.9%

DEP / DAY

▼ 22.7%

Three Forks Airport (K9S5) is a small general aviation airport located in Three Forks, MT, 148 mi west of Billings. It features 1 runway measuring 5,100 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 17 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KBZN, 21 mi away (K9S5 does not publish METAR)

45m ago

Temp

73°F

Wind

5 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KBZN 151956Z VRB05KT 10SM CLR 23/12 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP208 T02280117

Runways

1 installed

5,100 FT MAX

02/20

5,100 ft × 60

ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

54% of ops

163 land · 56 TO

46% of ops

137 land · 119 TO

Runway 02 carries 54% of operations (163 landings, 56 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

02 163 landings

UA 0%

20 137 landings

UA 3%

Approaches to 02 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 163 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

17.3

flights/day · 520 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 1pm · 4pm

Day vs night

84%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 17.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (17.4 vs 18.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (40% of 502 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

Pilot_1975

9/16/2014

Woo hoo! Three forks saved the day!

Traveling due West I ran head on it to worsening weather. spun around and tried to get back in the clear but the sky opened up and the worst rain I've ever encountered began to fall. Flash flood stuff. immediately headed toward the closest airport (Three Forks). Landed with plenty of thunder and lightening. Moral of the story. You can watch the weather very closely (I DID) and still get bushwhacked! Thank you Garmin!

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