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8U9 Canyon Ferry Airport
Townsend, Montana, USA

GOING TO TOWNSEND?

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 18 APRIL 2024

Location

FAA Identifier: 8U9
Lat/Long: 46-25-07.7560N 111-34-37.8980W
46-25.129267N 111-34.631633W
46.4188211,-111.5771939
(estimated)
Elevation: 3840 ft. / 1170 m (estimated)
Variation: 17E (1985)
From city: 7 miles NW of TOWNSEND, MT
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -7 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 59644

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 10/1961
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: yes

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
HLNr114/19.2HELENA VORTAC117.7012E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
HAUSER128/11.738612EHAU .... .- ..-

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 16/34

Dimensions: 3200 x 75 ft. / 975 x 23 m
Surface: gravel, in good condition
RWY 16/34 LOOSE ROCK AND GRVL UP TO 3 IN. SOFT WHEN WET.
Runway edge markings: 16/34 MARKED WITH WHITE CONES SPACED 200 FT APART. RY 34 DSPLCD THR MARKED WITH RED CONES.
RUNWAY 16  RUNWAY 34
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: no597 ft.
Markings: NSTD, in good condition

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: BROADWATER COUNTY
515 BROADWAY
TOWNSEND, MT 59644
Phone (406) 266-9203
Manager: DWIGHT THOMPSON
515 BROADWAY, #16
TOWNSEND, MT 59644
Phone 406-220-0736

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 2
Single engine airplanes: 1
Ultralights: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 25/week *
50% military
46% transient general aviation
4% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 05 July 2023

Additional Remarks

A57-34 APCH SLOPE 50:1 FM DSPLCD THR.
- NO SNOW REMOVAL.
- FOR CD CTC HELENA APCH AT 406-449-5756/5761, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC SALT LAKE ARTCC AT 801-320-2568.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 8U9.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KHLN - Helena Regional Airport (20 nm NW)
KBZN - Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (42 nm SE)
KBTM - Bert Mooney Airport (47 nm SW)
38S - Deer Lodge-City-County Airport (49 nm W)
3U3 - Bowman Field Airport (56 nm W)
  
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From to 8U9

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 19-Apr-2024
 Local
(UTC-6)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:5911:59
Sunrise06:3112:31
Sunset20:1902:19
Evening civil twilight20:5102:51

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  20-Apr-2024 04:38:42
Local (UTC-6)  19-Apr-2024 22:38:42
 
METAR
KHLN 
19nm NW 		200353Z AUTO 30007KT 10SM CLR M01/M10 A3037 RMK AO2 SLP336 T10111100
TAF
KHLN 
19nm NW 		191720Z 1918/2018 35009KT P6SM SCT060 FM192300 36013KT P6SM FEW120 FM200600 VRB05KT P6SM SCT250
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