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Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field

44.48030°N
-103.78300°W
ARR / DAY
4
▲ 64.7%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 83.3%

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 4 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

18h ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
10 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KSPF 042355Z AUTO 06010KT 10SM CLR 29/08 A3010 RMK AO2

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
51% of ops
49 land · 0 TO
26
41% of ops
39 land · 0 TO
04
4% of ops
4 land · 2 TO
22
4% of ops
4 land · 0 TO
08
0% of ops
0 land · 8 TO
13
0% of ops
0 land · 3 TO
Runway 31 carries 51% of operations (49 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 41%.

Approach quality

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

31 49 landings
UA 0%
26 39 landings
UA 0%
04 4 landings
UA 0%
22 4 landings
UA 25%
08 0 landings
UA 0%
13 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 49 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
4.1
flights/day · 122 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 4.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (3.1 vs 4.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

8 · 11%
7 · 10%
6 · 8%
6 · 8%
5 · 7%
4 · 6%
Activity is led by (11% of 72 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 —
OTHER 122.500 —
SPEARFIS 122.500 —
OTHER 127.950 —
RAPID CI 127.950 —
OTHER 338.200 —
RAPID CI 338.200 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDV
Mag var:
11° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

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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