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 15-Jun-2025
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:03 | | 10:03 |
Sunrise | | 05:41 | | 10:41 |
Sunset | | 21:22 | | 02:22 |
Evening civil twilight | | 22:00 | | 03:00 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 15-Jun-2025 12:44:14 |
Local (UTC-5) | 15-Jun-2025 07:44:14 |
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METAR |
KBTN | SuperAWOS
151215Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM OVC005 14/14 A3004 RMK AO2
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TAF |
KABR 36nm SW | 151128Z 1512/1612 08008KT P6SM OVC004 TEMPO 1516/1518 4SM -TSRA SCT004 BKN100CB FM151800 10007KT P6SM BKN010 BKN022 FM152000 09008KT P6SM BKN020 BKN060 FM152200 06008KT P6SM BKN045 BKN050 FM161000 16006KT P6SM BKN100 PROB30 1610/1611 4SM -TSRA OVC025CB
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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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