# Big Sky Field (S85)

**Big Sky Field** (FAA: S85) is a small airport in Culbertson, Montana, United States. It opened in Oct 1950. It has one runway, 3,800 ft (1,158 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ks85

## At a glance

- FAA: S85
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Culbertson, Montana, United States
- Opened: Oct 1950
- Elevation: 1,953 ft / 595 m
- Coordinates: 48.1533, -104.5040
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,800 ft / 1,158 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61674780
- Weather station: KS85
- Ident: KS85

## Timeline

- Oct 1950: Big Sky Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 3,800 ft / 1,158 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,800 ft / 1,158 m | =11,209 of 29,858 | =4,414 in North America | =3,671 in US |
| Elevation | 1,953 ft / 595 m | =9,144 of 43,403 | =4,143 in North America | =3,139 in US |
| Age | Opened 1950 | =3,626 of 15,079 | =2,491 in North America | =2,432 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 | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [02MT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-1094.md) Steppler Field · 15 mi / 25 km
- [5ND0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/5nd0.md) Stiehl Airport · 22 mi / 36 km
- [69MT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/69mt.md) Flying H Airport · 26 mi / 41 km
- [5U6](https://dromopedia.com/airports/5u6.md) Fairview Airport · 28 mi / 46 km
- [PO1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/po1.md) Poplar Muni Airport · 31 mi / 49 km
- [20MT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/20mt.md) Prevost Airport · 32 mi / 51 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/ks85/data