Black Hills Airport

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Black Hills Airport Clyde Ice Field
IATA: SPF – ICAO: KSPF – FAA: SPF
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Lawrence County Airport Board
Location		Spearfish, South Dakota
Elevation AMSL		3,931 ft / 1,198 m
Coordinates		44°28′49″N 103°46′59″W / 44.48028, -103.78306
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
12/30	5,498	1,676	Asphalt
8/26	3,975	1,212	Turf
17/35	3,900	1,189	Turf
3/21	2,023	617	Turf
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			25,600
Based aircraft			78
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Black Hills Airport^[2] (IATA: SPF, ICAO: KSPF, FAA LID: SPF), also known as Clyde Ice Field, is a county-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) east of the central business district of Spearfish, a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States.^[1]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Black Hills-Clyde Ice Field covers an area of 485 acres (196 ha) which contains one paved runway designated 12/30 with 5,498 x 75 ft. (1,676 x 23 m) asphalt surface. It also has three turf runways: 8/26 measuring 3,975 x 100 ft. (1,212 x 30 m), 17/35 measuring 3,900 x 150 ft. (1,189 x 46 m) and 3/21 measuring 2,023 x 150 ft. (617 x 46 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 16, 2007, the airport had 25,600 aircraft operations, an average of 70 per day: 94% general aviation, 6% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 78 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 9% multi-engine and 4% ultralight.^[1]