# Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field (SPF / KSPF)

**Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field** (IATA: SPF, ICAO: KSPF) is a small airport in Spearfish, South Dakota, United States. It opened in Nov 1937. It has 3 runways; the longest is 6,401 ft (1,951 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SPF / KSPF
- FAA: SPF
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Spearfish, South Dakota, United States
- Opened: Nov 1937
- Elevation: 3,933 ft / 1,199 m
- Coordinates: 44.4803, -103.7830
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 6,401 ft / 1,951 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://www.lawrence.sd.us/airport.htm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hills_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597081
- Weather station: KSPF
- Ident: KSPF

## Timeline

- Nov 1937: Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 6,401 ft / 1,951 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |
| 08/26 | 4,003 ft / 1,220 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass | 092° / 272° |  |
| 04/22 | 1,995 ft / 608 m | 120 ft / 37 m | Grass | 045° / 225° |  |

- 04/22 slopes 1.9%: threshold 22 at 3,867 ft / 1,179 m, threshold 04 at 3,904 ft / 1,190 m.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00592AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,401 ft / 1,951 m | =4,173 of 29,858 | =1,078 in North America | =829 in US |
| Elevation | 3,933 ft / 1,199 m | #3,647 of 43,403 | #1,950 in North America | #1,538 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | ELLSWORTH APP/DEP | 119.500 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 118.325 |
| RDO | HURON RDO | 122.550 |
| 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/kspf/data