# Benchmark Airport (3U7)

**Benchmark Airport** (FAA: 3U7) is a small airport in Augusta, Montana, United States. It opened in Mar 1965. It has one runway, 6,000 ft (1,829 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k3u7

## At a glance

- FAA: 3U7
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Augusta, Montana, United States
- Opened: Mar 1965
- Elevation: 5,434 ft / 1,656 m
- Coordinates: 47.4810, -112.8709
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,000 ft / 1,829 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49745105
- Weather station: K1FM
- Ident: K3U7

## Timeline

- Mar 1965: Benchmark Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 140° / 320° |  |

- 12/30 slopes 2.0%: threshold 12 at 5,316 ft / 1,620 m, threshold 30 at 5,434 ft / 1,656 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | =4,614 of 29,858 | =1,310 in North America | =1,036 in US |
| Elevation | 5,434 ft / 1,656 m | #1,534 of 43,403 | #779 in North America | #581 in US |
| Age | Opened 1965 | =5,474 of 15,079 | =3,849 in North America | =3,767 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 |

## Nearby airports

- [0MT1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/0mt1.md) Williams Field · 22 mi / 36 km
- [3U5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3u5.md) Augusta Airport · 23 mi / 37 km
- [MT21](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-1026.md) Lander's Fork Ranch Airport · 33 mi / 53 km
- [MT39](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mt39.md) Black Canyon Ranch Airport · 33 mi / 54 km
- [23S](https://dromopedia.com/airports/23s.md) Seeley Lake Airport · 34 mi / 55 km
- [42MT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/42mt.md) Crown Ranch Airpark · 35 mi / 57 km

## 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/k3u7/data