# Edgar G Obie Airport (S71)

**Edgar G Obie Airport** (FAA: S71) is a small airport in Chinook, Montana, United States. It opened in Dec 1947. It has one runway, 4,000 ft (1,219 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ks71

## At a glance

- FAA: S71
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Chinook, Montana, United States
- Opened: Dec 1947
- Elevation: 2,416 ft / 736 m
- Coordinates: 48.5921, -109.2510
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,000 ft / 1,219 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49746070
- Weather station: KS71
- Ident: KS71

## Timeline

- Dec 1947: Edgar G Obie Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 100° / 280° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | =9,646 of 29,858 | =3,829 in North America | =3,211 in US |
| Elevation | 2,416 ft / 736 m | #7,225 of 43,403 | #3,371 in North America | #2,593 in US |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1,803 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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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/ks71/data