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5U7 Fort Smith Landing Strip
Fort Smith, Montana, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

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 -7 (UTC -6 during Daylight Saving 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

CTAF: 122.9

Nearby radio navigation aids

NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
COWLEY028/32.625714EHCY .... -.-. -.--

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: 
Single wheel: 8.0
Runway edge markings: RY 25 NUMBERS AND CNTRLN FADED.
RUNWAY 7  RUNWAY 25
Gradient: 0.7%0.7%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: no140 ft.
Markings: basic, in poor conditionbasic, in poor condition
Obstructions: 480 ft. pline, 5000 ft. from runway, 625 ft. right of centerline, 10:1 slope to clear
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
+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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From to 5U7

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-7)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3013:30
Sunrise07:0214:02
Sunset16:4923:49
Evening civil twilight17:2100:21

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 22:33:46
Local (UTC-7)  08-Nov-2009 15:33:46
 
METAR
KBIL 
39nm NW 
082153Z 27015G20KT 10SM FEW070 SCT100 12/M11 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP173 VIRGA DSNT N-E T01171111 $
KGEY 
49nm S 
082153Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 11/M11 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP188 T01111111
TAF
KBIL 
39nm NW 
082031Z 0821/0918 27015G25KT P6SM SCT070 FM082300 29007KT P6SM SKC FM090300 23010KT P6SM SKC
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