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Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field

44.48030°N
-103.78300°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 64.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▲ 100.0%

Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field (KSPF/SPF) is a small general aviation airport located in Spearfish, SD, 248 mi east of Billings. It features 3 runways with the longest being 6,401 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

From KRAP, 47 mi away (KSPF does not publish METAR)

32m ago
Temp
71°F
Wind
5 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KRAP 240352Z 15005KT 8SM OVC120 22/21 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP146 T02170206

Runways

3 installed

6,401 FT MAX
04/22
1,995 ft × 120
TURF-G○ unlit
08/26
4,003 ft × 100
GRS○ unlit
13/31
6,401 ft × 75
ASPH-G● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

31
45% of ops
106 land · 0 TO
26
42% of ops
99 land · 0 TO
04
6% of ops
15 land · 6 TO
22
5% of ops
12 land · 0 TO
08
0% of ops
1 land · 20 TO
13
0% of ops
1 land · 6 TO
Runway 31 carries 45% of operations (106 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

31 106 landings
UA 0%
26 99 landings
UA 0%
04 15 landings
UA 0%
22 12 landings
UA 33%
08 1 landings
UA 0%
13 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 106 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
3.3
flights/day · 98 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 2pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 3.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (2.6 vs 3.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

12 · 18%
8 · 12%
4 · 6%
4 · 6%
3 · 4%
3 · 4%
Activity is led by (18% of 67 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700 —
APCH 119.500 —
APCH 259.100 —
DEP 289.400 —
UNICOM 122.700 —
AWOS 118.325 —
APT REMA 121.725 —
OTHER 121.725 —
SPEARFIS 122.500 —
OTHER 122.500 —
RAPID CI 127.950 —
OTHER 127.950 —
RAPID CI 338.200 —
OTHER 338.200 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDV
Mag var:
11° E
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Pilot_1975
09/15/2014
Nice area, nice general aviation airport.
Great airport / FBO. A bit spendy but hey, worth it.
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