AirNav  
 
airports navaids fix Aviation Fuel airboss pilotshop
 555 users online  

S85 Big Sky Field Airport
Culbertson, Montana, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: S85
Lat/Long: 48-09-12.0000N / 104-30-14.0000W
48-09.200000N / 104-30.233333W
48.1533333 / -104.5038889
(estimated)
Elevation: 1954 ft. / 596 m (estimated)
Variation: 13E (1985)
From city: 1 mile NE of CULBERTSON, MT
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -7 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 59218

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 10/1950
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: MON-FRI 0800-1700
ON CALL ALL HOURS 406-787-6277/6325.
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 08/26 & PAPI RY 26 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
ISNr247/30.7WILLISTON VORTAC116.3012E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
SIDNEY322/29.535912ESDY ... -.. -.--
PLENTYWOOD163/38.225116EPWD .--. .-- -..

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: 3800 x 60 ft. / 1158 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in fair condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 4.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 8  RUNWAY 26
Gradient: 0.5%0.5%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Obstructions: 13 ft. road, 249 ft. from runway, 4:1 slope to clearnone

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: ROOSEVELT COUNTY & CITY
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
WOLF POINT, MT 59201
Phone 406-653-1852
Manager: STEVE HAMPTON
BOX 537
CULBERTSON, MT 59218
Phone 406-787-6620

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 10
Single engine airplanes: 10
    
Aircraft operations: avg 89/week *
81% local general aviation
15% transient general aviation
2% military
2% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 24 July 2006

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at S85.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

42S - Poplar Airport (27 nm W)
KSDY - Sidney-Richland Municipal Airport (30 nm SE)
KISN - Sloulin Field International Airport (35 nm E)
KPWD - Sher-Wood Airport (38 nm N)
KOLF - L M Clayton Airport (43 nm W)
 
Loc | Ops | Rwys | IFR | FBO | Links
Com | Nav | Svcs | Stats | Notes

$4.95 $4.65

 
Area around S85 (Big Sky Field Airport)
 
Road maps at: MapQuest MapPoint Yahoo! Maps Google Rand McNally
Satellite photo at: TerraServer Virtual Earth

 
Aerial photo
No photo
 
Sectional chart
Click on chart to expand
Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com

 
Airport distance calculator
Flying to Big Sky Field Airport? Find the distance to fly.

From to S85

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-May-2008
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight04:3910:39
Sunrise05:1711:17
Sunset20:3202:32
Evening civil twilight21:0903:09

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  17-May-2008 05:31:08
Local (UTC-6)  16-May-2008 23:31:08
 
METAR
KSDY 
30nm SE 
170515Z AUTO 31009KT 10SM CLR 16/02 A3001 RMK AO1
KISN 
35nm E 
170452Z 31011KT 10SM CLR 18/M01 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP139 T01831006
KOLF 
43nm W 
170453Z AUTO 32010KT 10SM CLR 17/03 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP165 T01670033
TAF
KSDY 
30nm SE 
162331Z 170024 34018G30KT P6SM SKC FM0130 31011KT P6SM SKC FM1400 33018KT P6SM SKC AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND
KISN 
35nm E 
162338Z 170024 31015G24KT P6SM SCT090 FM0200 32014KT P6SM SKC FM1600 30021G30KT P6SM FEW100
NOTAMs
Click for the latest NOTAMs
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.

 

 
 

FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Modern Aire Flight Services 406-787-6620
no information available

If you are affiliated with Modern Aire Flight Services and would like to show here your services, contact info, web link, logo, and more, click here

FS 
100LL 
$3.85 
 Updated 14-Jul-2006
  read  write
FS=Full service
Update Fuel Prices
 

Would you like to see your business listed on this page?

 If your business provides an interesting product or service to pilots, flight crews, aircraft, or users of the Big Sky Field Airport, you should consider listing it here.  To start the listing process, click on the button below
 
Add a business
 

Other Pages about Big Sky Field Airport

Update a link
 
Copyright © AirNav, LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy  Contact