FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 12 JUNE 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | BTN |
Lat/Long: | 45-48-54.1000N 097-44-34.1000W 45-48.901667N 097-44.568333W 45.8150278,-97.7428056 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 1318.4 ft. / 401.8 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 04E (2015) |
From city: | 2 miles N of BRITTON, SD |
Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 57430 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 05/1946 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | MINNEAPOLIS CENTER |
FSS: | HURON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | HON (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | MON-FRI DAYLIGHT HOURS |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | no |
Lights: | ACTVT MIRL, REIL & PAPI RYS 13 & 31 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX AWOS-3P: | 118.275 (605-448-2110) |
- AUTOMATED UNICOM.
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQS 120.6/371.9 (ABERDEEN RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
ABRr041/35.5 | | ABERDEEN VOR/DME | | 113.00 | | 07E |
Airport Services
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MINOR |
Powerplant service: | MINOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 13/31
Dimensions: | 4210 x 75 ft. / 1283 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 13 | | RUNWAY 31 |
Latitude: | 45-49.102865N | | 45-48.614125N |
Longitude: | 097-44.867137W | | 097-44.165355W |
Elevation: | 1314.6 ft. | | 1318.4 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 131 magnetic, 135 true | | 311 magnetic, 315 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, 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 (3.20 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 15 ft. road, 800 ft. from runway, 40:1 slope to clear | | 88 ft. trees, 1990 ft. from runway, 20:1 slope to clear |
Runway 1/19
Dimensions: | 2034 x 120 ft. / 620 x 37 m |
Surface: | turf, in fair condition |
Runway edge markings: | NSTD MKGS: RY 01/19 MARKED WITH BLACK AND WHITE CONES. |
| RUNWAY 1 | | RUNWAY 19 |
Latitude: | 45-48.839177N | | 45-49.146405N |
Longitude: | 097-44.769650W | | 097-44.579987W |
Elevation: | 1312.4 ft. | | 1312.6 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 019 magnetic, 023 true | | 199 magnetic, 203 true |
Markings: | NSTD | | NSTD |
Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 6 ft. fence, 125 ft. from runway, 20:1 slope to clear HAS +6' FENCE POST 98' FM CNTRLN OF RY. | | 18 ft. road, 390 ft. from runway, 21:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CITY OF BRITTON 803 8TH ST BRITTON, SD 57430 Phone 605-448-5721 |
Manager: | RYAN FURMAN PO BOX 941 BRITTON, SD 57430 Phone (605) 470-0485 |
Additional Remarks
- | RY 19 +6 FT FENCE 190 FT FM THLD. |
- | WATERFOWL AND GULLS ON & INVOF ARPT. |
- | GCO AVBL ON FREQ 121.725 (4 CLICKS TO MINNEAPOLIS CENTER AND 6 CLICKS TO FLT SVCS) |
- | WILDLIFE ON AND AROUND AIRPORT |
- | FOR CD IF UNA VIA GCO CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588. |
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 from 12 June 2025 at 0901Z to 10 July 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 13 | |
download (206KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 31 | |
download (212KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (175KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (156KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KGWR - Gwinner Airport/Roger Melroe Field (25 nm N)
2D5 - Oakes Municipal Airport (26 nm NW)
8D3 - Sisseton Municipal Airport (33 nm E)
4E7 - Ellendale Municipal Airport (34 nm W)
KABR - Aberdeen Regional Airport (36 nm SW)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Mark Wismer
Taken in September 2010
looking west.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 09-Jul-2025
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:14 | | 10:14 |
Sunrise | | 05:51 | | 10:51 |
Sunset | | 21:21 | | 02:21 |
Evening civil twilight | | 21:58 | | 02:58 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 09-Jul-2025 12:20:06 |
Local (UTC-5) | 09-Jul-2025 07:20:06 |
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METAR |
KBTN | SuperAWOS
091155Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM OVC055 17/17 A3003 RMK AO2
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TAF |
KABR 36nm SW | 091120Z 0912/1012 00000KT P6SM SCT100 FM091400 14009KT P6SM FEW080 FEW230 FM100300 17009KT P6SM SCT070 BKN240 PROB30 1003/1005 4SM -TSRA BKN070CB FM100500 16009KT P6SM SCT060 BKN230
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NOTAMs |
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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