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8U1 Sand Springs Strip Airport
Sand Springs, Montana, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 8U1
Lat/Long: 47-06-14.9890N / 107-30-12.3410W
47-06.249817N / 107-30.205683W
47.1041636 / -107.5034281
(estimated)
Elevation: 3180 ft. / 969 m (estimated)
Variation: 14E (1985)
From city: 1 mile NW of SAND SPRINGS, MT
Time zone: UTC -7 (UTC -6 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 59077

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 01/1970
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: DAYLIGHT HOURS
Pattern altitude: 3900 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
  • UNICOM LCTD AT SAND SPRINGS STORE 1/2 MILE EAST OF ARPT.

Nearby radio navigation aids

NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
JORDAN223/26.826316EJDN .--- -.. -.

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 10/28

Dimensions: 2400 x 60 ft. / 732 x 18 m
Surface: turf, in fair condition
RUNWAY 10  RUNWAY 28
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Obstructions: 17 ft. road, 132 ft. from runway, 7:1 slope to clearnone

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: DUTTON ENTERPRISES
BOX C-5
SAND SPRINGS, MT 59077
Phone 406-746-3420
Manager: CLINT POTTS
33 LL LANE
SAND SPRINGS, MT 59077
Phone 406-449-8182

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 1
Single engine airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 58/month *
71% local general aviation
29% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 06 August 2008

Additional Remarks

ANIMALS ON & INVOF RY.
NO LANDING ON TWY CONNECTED TO RY 28.
RY 10/28 MAY BE SOFT WHEN WET.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 8U1.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

1S3 - Tillitt Field Airport (62 nm SE)
KGGW - Wokal Field/Glasgow International Airport (76 nm NE)
M75 - Malta Airport (78 nm N)
KMLS - Frank Wiley Field Airport (78 nm SE)
KLWT - Lewistown Municipal Airport (80 nm W)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-7)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3213:32
Sunrise07:0414:04
Sunset16:4323:43
Evening civil twilight17:1600:16

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 23:06:14
Local (UTC-7)  08-Nov-2009 16:06:14
 
METAR
KJDN 
26nm NE 
082248Z AUTO 28011KT 10/M11 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP178 T01001106 PWINO TSNO
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