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U05 Riddick Field Airport
Philipsburg, Montana, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 21 MARCH 2024

Location

FAA Identifier: U05
Lat/Long: 46-19-02.4711N 113-18-18.5422W
46-19.041185N 113-18.309037W
46.3173531,-113.3051506
(estimated)
Elevation: 5219 ft. / 1590.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 17E (1985)
From city: 1 mile SE of PHILIPSBURG, MT
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -7 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 59858

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 10/1970
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: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: ACTVT MIRL RY 16/34 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
CPNr290/28.8COPPERTOWN VOR/DME116.0516E

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 16/34

Dimensions: 3599 x 60 ft. / 1097 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in poor condition
PAVEMENT IS SPALLING, MAJOR CRACK PROPIGATION THROUGHOUT. MULTIPLE EDGE FRACTURES.
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 7.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 16  RUNWAY 34
Latitude: 46-19.337150N46-18.745220N
Longitude: 113-18.309295W113-18.308777W
Elevation: 5197.8 ft.5219.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: rightleft
Runway heading: 163 magnetic, 180 true343 magnetic, 360 true
Markings: basic, in fair conditionbasic, in fair condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: none263 ft. hill, 4400 ft. from runway, 545 ft. right of centerline, 15:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: GRANITE COUNTY
220 N SANSOME ST, PO BOX 925
PHILIPSBURG, MT 59858
Phone 406-859-3771
Manager: DONOVAN JONES
220 N SANSOME ST, PO BOX 925
PHILIPSBURG, MT 59858
Phone 406-303-1230

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 11
Single engine airplanes: 11
    
Aircraft operations: avg 33/week *
59% local general aviation
35% transient general aviation
6% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 26 June 2019

Additional Remarks

FOR CD CTC SALT LAKE ARTCC AT 801-320-2568.
SN REMOVAL INTMT.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at U05.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

3U3 - Bowman Field Airport (21 nm SE)
38S - Deer Lodge-City-County Airport (23 nm E)
32S - Stevensville Airport (33 nm W)
KHRF - Ravalli County Airport (34 nm W)
KBTM - Bert Mooney Airport (40 nm SE)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of U05 (Riddick Field Airport)
Taken in March 2005
from an RV-6 during a fly-in to the airport

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 28-Mar-2024
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4912:49
Sunrise07:2013:20
Sunset19:5701:57
Evening civil twilight20:2702:27

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  28-Mar-2024 09:31:57
Local (UTC-6)  28-Mar-2024 03:31:57
 
METAR
K3U3 
21nm SE 
280915Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM 04/M01 A2973
K38S 
23nm E 
280915Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM 05/03 A2975
KHRF 
34nm W 
280915Z AUTO 11005KT 10SM BKN025 BKN032 OVC044 04/02 A2976 RMK AO2
KBTM 
40nm SE 
280853Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM OVC050 04/M03 A2976 RMK AO2 SLP069 T00391033 56007
TAF
KHRF 
34nm W 
280521Z 2806/2906 16007KT 6SM -SHRA FEW030 OVC040 FM281000 18004KT 5SM -RASN OVC020 FM281700 34009KT P6SM VCSH OVC040 FM281900 29010G16KT P6SM BKN060
KBTM 
40nm SE 
280521Z 2806/2906 16008KT P6SM BKN060 OVC100 FM281500 32005KT 1 1/2SM -SN BR FEW010 OVC020 FM281700 28008KT 6SM -SHSN OVC035 FM281900 30011KT P6SM VCSH OVC050
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