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49B Sturgis Municipal Airport
Sturgis, South Dakota, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 JULY 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 49B
Lat/Long: 44-25-04.8250N / 103-22-31.6200W
44-25.080417N / 103-22.527000W
44.4180069 / -103.3754500
(estimated)
Elevation: 3243 ft. / 988.5 m (surveyed)
Variation: 11E (1995)
From city: 4 miles E of STURGIS, SD
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -7 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 57785

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1994
Sectional chart: CHEYENNE
Control tower: no
ARTCC: DENVER CENTER
FSS: HURON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: HON (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: DAYLIGHT HOURS
FOR ATTENDANT OTR HRS CALL 605-347-3356.
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 11/29 & PAPI RYS 11 & 29 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
ELLSWORTH APPROACH: 119.5 [0500-0000]
ELLSWORTH DEPARTURE: 119.5 [0500-0000]
WX AWOS-3 at SPF (18 nm W): 118.325 (605-642-8536)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY DENVER ARTCC ON FREQS 127.95/338.2 (RAPID CITY RCAG) WHEN ELLSWORTH APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
RAPr317/30.8RAPID CITY VORTAC112.3013E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
BLACK HILLS092/18.030011ESPF ... .--. ..-.
BELLE FOURCHE122/28.126911EEFC . ..-. -.-.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR

Runway Information

Runway 11/29

Dimensions: 5100 x 60 ft. / 1554 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in fair condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.5
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 11  RUNWAY 29
Latitude: 44-25.306667N44-24.856167N
Longitude: 103-23.021167W103-22.032833W
Elevation: 3243.0 ft.3207.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.7% UP
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 112 magnetic, 123 true292 magnetic, 303 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left2-light PAPI on left
Touchdown point: no, no lightsyes, no lights

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF STURGIS
1147 SHERMAN
STURGIS, SD 57785
Phone 605-347-4422
Manager: JERRY BURNHAM
P O BOX 508
STURGIS, SD 57785
Phone 605-347-3356

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 26
Single engine airplanes: 24
Multi engine airplanes: 2
    
Aircraft operations: avg 63/day *
65% local general aviation
34% transient general aviation
<1% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 20 May 2008

Additional Remarks

WILDLIFE ON AND INVOF ARPT.

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 04 June 2009 at 0901Z and 02 July 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 29   download (139KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (30KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KSPF - Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field (18 nm W)
KRCA - Ellsworth Air Force Base (20 nm SE)
KRAP - Rapid City Regional Airport (26 nm SE)
KEFC - Belle Fourche Municipal Airport (28 nm NW)
KECS - Mondell Field Airport (52 nm SW)
 
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From to 49B

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 04-Jul-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight04:3910:39
Sunrise05:1611:16
Sunset20:4002:40
Evening civil twilight21:1603:16

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  04-Jul-2009 18:27:57
Local (UTC-6)  04-Jul-2009 12:27:57
 
METAR
KSPF 
17nm W 
041815Z AUTO 03012G15KT 10SM SCT033 20/14 A3024 RMK AO2
KRCA 
21nm SE 
041809Z 35008KT 320V020 10SM BKN030 20/14 A3019 RMK AO2A SLP211 $
KRAP 
26nm SE 
041752Z 35007KT 10SM FEW028 BKN035 21/13 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP209 60000 T02060128 10211 20144 51008 $
TAF
KRAP 
26nm SE 
041729Z 0418/0518 34007KT P6SM SCT020 BKN040 FM042000 03007KT P6SM BKN040CB FM050200 21005KT P6SM BKN150
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
C & B Aviation, LLC 605-347-3356
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[email]
Airport management, Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Aircraft maintenance, Public telephone, Camping on site

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100LL 
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Jet A 
$5.60 
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