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K9S5 ·

Three Forks Airport

45.87810°N

-111.56900°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Visib

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Ceil

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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

68% of ops

185 land · 37 TO

32% of ops

88 land · 131 TO

Runway 02 carries 68% of operations (185 landings, 37 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

02 185 landings

UA 2%

20 88 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 02 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 185 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

12.4

flights/day · 371 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 3pm · 4pm

Day vs night

86%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 12.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (13.8 vs 12.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% of 364 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

09/16/2014

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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