53U Ferndale Airfield
Bigfork, MT · 3 miles NE of BIGFORK, MT
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 3072.0 ft
- Coordinates
- 48-03-37.7000N 114-00-04.2000W
- Lat / Long
- 48.0604722, -114.0011667
- Mag. variation
- 18E (1985)
- Time zone
- UTC -6 (UTC -7 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 06/1976
- ARTCC
- SALT LAKE CITY CENTER
- FSS
- GREAT FALLS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- GTF (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- UNATNDD
- Pattern altitude
- DEP PROC STRAIGHT OUT THRU TPA OF 4072 FT MSL (1000 FT AGL).
- Wind indicator
- yes
- Segmented circle
- no
Airport location no published diagram
Range from 53U
Runways
Longest 3,500 ft
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- Dimensions
- 3500 x 95 ft. / 1067 x 29 m
- Surface
- turf, in good condition Runway edge markings
Runway 15
- Heading
- 153 magnetic, 171 true
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 3046.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- 100 ft. trees, 477 ft. from runway, 400 ft. right of centerline, 4:1 slope to clear
Runway 33
- Heading
- 333 magnetic, 351 true
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 3072.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- 100 ft. trees, 600 ft. from runway, 115 ft. left of centerline, 6:1 slope to clear
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf
- 122.9
Services
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR CALL FOR RPRS: 406-253-5688
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Ownership
- Manager
- ROB RATKOWSKI 4170 HIGHWAY 2-E KALISPELL, MT 59901 Phone 406-257-5994
- Manager phone
- 406-257-5994
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.