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US-1274 ·

Ottertail Lake Airport

45.81893°N
-111.69589°W
ARR / DAY
0
50.0%
DEP / DAY
1
16.7%

Ottertail Lake Airport (US-1274) is a small general aviation airport located in Three Forks, MT, 154 mi west of Billings. It features 1 runway measuring 1,852 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KBZN, 26 mi away (US-1274 does not publish METAR)

41m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
4 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBZN 121756Z 22004KT 7SM FU CLR 24/04 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP125 T02390044 10239 20111 58006

Runways

1 installed

1,852 FT MAX
8/26
1,852 ft × 30
Turf/Dirt○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

26
75% of ops
40 land · 17 TO
8
25% of ops
13 land · 0 TO
Runway 26 carries 75% of operations (40 landings, 17 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 8 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

26 40 landings
UA 10%
8 13 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 40 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
1.8
flights/day · 53 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 7pm · 12am
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–2pm local, averaging 1.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (0.9 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 52 flights). Top three types: , , .
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