# Deer Lodge City County Airport (38S)

**Deer Lodge City County Airport** (FAA: 38S) is a small airport in Deer Lodge, Montana, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has one runway, 5,800 ft (1,768 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k38s

## At a glance

- FAA: 38S
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Deer Lodge, Montana, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 4,693 ft / 1,430 m
- Coordinates: 46.3882, -112.7660
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,800 ft / 1,768 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49745882
- Weather station: K38S
- Ident: K38S

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Deer Lodge City County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 5,800 ft / 1,768 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 141° / 321° | yes |

- 13/31 slopes 1.1%: threshold 31 at 4,628 ft / 1,411 m, threshold 13 at 4,693 ft / 1,430 m.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,800 ft / 1,768 m | =5,020 of 29,858 | =1,485 in North America | =1,166 in US |
| Elevation | 4,693 ft / 1,430 m | #2,451 of 43,403 | #1,313 in North America | #1,029 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k38s/data