FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | 1S3 |
| Lat/Long: | 46-16-16.2500N / 106-37-26.0163W
46-16.270833N / 106-37.433605W
46.2711806 / -106.6238934
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 2727 ft. / 831.2 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 14E (1985) |
| From city: | 3 miles E of FORSYTH, MT |
| Time zone: | UTC -7 (UTC -6 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 59327 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 09/1943 |
| Sectional chart: | BILLINGS |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | SALT LAKE CITY CENTER |
| FSS: | GREAT FALLS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | GTF (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | IREG |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 08/26 OPERS DUSK-2200; AFT 2200 ACTVT - CTAF. ACTVT PAPI RYS 08 & 26 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
- COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDED BY GREAT FALLS RADIO ON FREQ 122.2 & 255.4.
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| MLSr242/28.6 | | MILES CITY VOR/DME | | 112.10 | | 15E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| FORSYTH | | 257/4.4 | | 236 | | 14E | | FOR | ..-. --- .-. |
| HORTON | | 238/29.6 | | 320 | | 15E | | HTN | .... - -. |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL |
| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 8/26
| Dimensions: | 4799 x 75 ft. / 1463 x 23 m |
| Surface: | asphalt/porous friction courses, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 12.0 | | Double wheel: | 16.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 8 | | RUNWAY 26 |
| Latitude: | 46-16.313605N | | 46-16.228215N |
| Longitude: | 106-37.999125W | | 106-36.868085W |
| Elevation: | 2727.3 ft. | | 2725.6 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 082 magnetic, 096 true | | 262 magnetic, 276 true |
| Markings: | basic, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
RY 26 PAPI OTS INDEFLY. |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 27 ft. trees, 762 ft. from runway, 53 ft. left of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear | | 15 ft. road, 583 ft. from runway, 25:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | COUNTY OF ROSEBUD
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
FORSYTH, MT 59327
Phone 406-356-7544 |
| Manager: | BRIAN SCHWEND
PO BOX 45
FORSYTH, MT 59327
Phone 406-346-7129
HOME 406-356-7544. |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 25 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 24 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 1 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 25/day * | | 53% | local general aviation | | 44% | transient general aviation | | 4% | air taxi | | <1% | military | | * for 12-month period ending 10 July 2006 | |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 19 November 2009 at 0901Z and 17 December 2009 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| GPS RWY 26 | |
download (180KB) |
| NDB RWY 26 | |
download (205KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
M46 - Colstrip Airport (25 nm S)
KMLS - Frank Wiley Field Airport (32 nm E)
KBIL - Billings Logan International Airport (85 nm W)
KGDV - Dawson Community Airport (91 nm NE)
KSHR - Sheridan County Airport (91 nm S)
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| Aerial photo |
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| Sectional chart |
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Click on chart to expand
Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 01-Dec-2009
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:56 | | 13:56 |
| Sunrise | | 07:30 | | 14:30 |
| Sunset | | 16:21 | | 23:21 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 16:55 | | 23:55 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 01-Dec-2009 08:43:59 |
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| Local (UTC-7) | 01-Dec-2009 01:43:59 |
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| METAR |
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KMLS
32nm E | 010753Z AUTO 32025G34KT 10SM BKN120 06/M04 A2970 RMK AO2 PK WND 33034/0748 SLP060 T00561044
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KMLS
32nm E | 010538Z 0106/0206 29017G25KT P6SM SKC FM010900 31021G32KT P6SM BKN100 FM011700 31018G28KT P6SM BKN120
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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