FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | 5U7 |
| Lat/Long: | 45-19-14.8530N / 107-55-52.3990W
45-19.247550N / 107-55.873317W
45.3207925 / -107.9312219
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 3242 ft. / 988.2 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 14E (1985) |
| From city: | 1 mile N of FORT SMITH, MT |
| Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -7 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 59035 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 11/1969 |
| 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: | UNATNDD |
| Wind indicator: | yes |
| Segmented circle: | no |
Airport Communications
Nearby radio navigation aids
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| COWLEY | | 028/32.6 | | 257 | | 14E | | HCY | .... -.-. -.-- |
Airport Services
| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 7/25
| Dimensions: | 3827 x 50 ft. / 1166 x 15 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in fair condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | |
| Runway edge markings: | RY 07 NUMBERS AND CNTRLN FADED.
RY 25 NUMBERS AND CNTRLN FADED. |
| RUNWAY 7 | | RUNWAY 25 |
| Gradient: | 0.7% | | 0.7% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Displaced threshold: | no | | 140 ft. |
| Markings: | basic, in poor condition | | basic, in poor condition |
| Obstructions: | 480 ft. pline, 5000 ft. from runway, 625 ft. right of centerline, 10:1 slope to clear
BE ALERT: MULTIPLE POWERLINES OF VARYING ELEVATIONS AND DISTANCES INVOF ARPT.
RY 07 -7 FT DITCH 116 FT FM EOR CROSSING RY CNTRLN. | | 60 ft. pline, 720 ft. from runway, 175 ft. right of centerline, 8:1 slope to clear
APCH SLOPE 14:1 TO DSPLCD THR.
+4' FENCE 52' FM EOR, -2' DITCH 56' FM EOR, BOTH XING RY CENTERLINE. PERPENDICULAR +4' FENCE PARALLEL TO RY CENTERLINE AND 75' RIGHT ENDING AT 52' FM EOR. +23' TREE 50' FM EOR & 122' R. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | NATL PARK SVC
BIGHORN CANYON NRA BOX 458
HARDIN, MT 59035
Phone 406-666-2412 |
| Manager: | NORTH DISTRICT RANGER
BIGHORN CANYON NRA BOX 7458
HARDIN, MT 59035
Phone 406-666-2412
CHRIS RYAN |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft operations: avg 59/week * | | 89% | transient general aviation | | 7% | local general aviation | | 4% | air taxi | | * for 12-month period ending 23 August 2006 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | WILDLIFE ON & INVOF ARPT. |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at 5U7.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
U68 - North Big Horn County Airport (33 nm SW)
KBIL - Billings Logan International Airport (39 nm NW)
6S8 - Laurel Municipal Airport (42 nm NW)
KPOY - Powell Municipal Airport (46 nm SW)
KGEY - South Big Horn County Airport (49 nm S)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Richard E. Grimm
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| Sectional chart |
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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 16-May-2008
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(UTC-6) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 05:06 | | 11:06 |
| Sunrise | | 05:40 | | 11:40 |
| Sunset | | 20:36 | | 02:36 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 21:11 | | 03:11 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 17-May-2008 05:07:13 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 16-May-2008 23:07:13 |
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| METAR |
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KBIL
39nm NW | 170453Z 21003KT 10SM CLR 19/02 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP202 T01940022
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KGEY
49nm S | 170453Z AUTO 25006KT 10SM CLR 16/M02 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP202 T01561017
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KBIL
39nm NW | 162320Z 170024 33010G19KT P6SM FEW100 FM0300 28008KT P6SM SKC FM2000 27010G17KT P6SM FEW100
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| NOTAMs |
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