# Laurel Municipal Airport (6S8)

**Laurel Municipal Airport** (FAA: 6S8) is a small airport in Laurel, Montana, United States. It opened in Jul 1954. It has 3 runways; the longest is 5,199 ft (1,585 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k6s8

## At a glance

- FAA: 6S8
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Laurel, Montana, United States
- Opened: Jul 1954
- Elevation: 3,543 ft / 1,080 m
- Coordinates: 45.7031, -108.7610
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 5,199 ft / 1,585 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Municipal_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6499928
- Weather station: K6S8
- Ident: K6S8

## Timeline

- Jul 1954: Laurel Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 5,199 ft / 1,585 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 050° / 230° | yes |
| 14/32 | 3,002 ft / 915 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 152° / 332° | yes |
| 09/27 | 1,100 ft / 335 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Grass | 098° / 278° |  |

- 14/32 slopes 2.0%: threshold 32 at 3,483 ft / 1,062 m, threshold 14 at 3,543 ft / 1,080 m.
- 09/27 slopes 2.4%: threshold 27 at 3,485 ft / 1,062 m, threshold 09 at 3,511 ft / 1,070 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,199 ft / 1,585 m | =6,016 of 29,858 | =1,986 in North America | =1,604 in US |
| Elevation | 3,543 ft / 1,080 m | #4,290 of 43,403 | #2,248 in North America | #1,759 in US |
| Age | Opened 1954 | =4,023 of 15,079 | =2,782 in North America | =2,717 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | BILLING APP/DEP | 120.500 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.050 |

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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/k6s8/data