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Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field

44.48030°N
-103.78300°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 45.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 50.0%

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 6,400 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 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

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
45°F
Wind
4 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSPF 131935Z AUTO 01004KT 10SM 07/04 A3005 RMK AO2

Runways

3 installed

6,400 FT MAX
04/22
2,023 ft × 150
TURF-G○ unlit
08/26
3,975 ft × 100
GRS○ unlit
13/31
6,400 ft × 75
ASPH-G● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

31
71% of ops
45 land · 0 TO
26
22% of ops
14 land · 0 TO
04
5% of ops
3 land · 2 TO
22
2% of ops
1 land · 1 TO
08
0% of ops
0 land · 2 TO
13
0% of ops
0 land · 4 TO
Runway 31 carries 71% of operations (45 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

31 45 landings
UA 0%
26 14 landings
UA 0%
04 3 landings
UA 0%
22 1 landings
UA 0%
08 0 landings
UA 0%
13 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 45 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
2.4
flights/day · 72 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 2.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (1.4 vs 2.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

6 · 11%
5 · 9%
4 · 8%
4 · 8%
3 · 6%
3 · 6%
Activity is led by (11% of 53 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
9/16/2014
Nice area, nice general aviation airport.
Great airport / FBO. A bit spendy but hey, worth it.
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