Custer County Airport
Custer County Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Custer, South Dakota | ||||||||||
| Opened | January 9, 1969 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,620 ft / 1,713 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°44′1.18″N 103°37′10.20″W / 43.7336611°N 103.6195000°W | ||||||||||
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Custer County Airport (ICAO: KCUT, FAA LID: CUT) is a public-use airport located 2 mi (3.2 km) southwest of Custer, South Dakota, United States.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA, ICAO and IATA, Custer County Airport is assigned CUT by the FAA and KCUT by the ICAO but has no designation from the IATA.[2]
Facilities
Custer County Airport covers an area of 86 acres (35 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (08/26) measuring 5,500 ft × 60 ft (1,676 m × 18 m).[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Custer County Airport, South Dakota, 1991–2020 normals: 5545ft (1690m) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 65 (18) | 61 (16) | 72 (22) | 81 (27) | 88 (31) | 96 (36) | 99 (37) | 95 (35) | 94 (34) | 82 (28) | 73 (23) | 63 (17) | 99 (37) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 55.0 (12.8) | 52.1 (11.2) | 63.0 (17.2) | 72.1 (22.3) | 80.8 (27.1) | 88.8 (31.6) | 92.6 (33.7) | 90.3 (32.4) | 86.3 (30.2) | 75.1 (23.9) | 64.4 (18.0) | 54.0 (12.2) | 93.7 (34.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 35.2 (1.8) | 35.2 (1.8) | 43.5 (6.4) | 50.1 (10.1) | 59.6 (15.3) | 71.1 (21.7) | 79.2 (26.2) | 77.8 (25.4) | 69.0 (20.6) | 54.1 (12.3) | 42.9 (6.1) | 34.9 (1.6) | 54.4 (12.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 25.1 (−3.8) | 25.1 (−3.8) | 32.9 (0.5) | 39.3 (4.1) | 48.6 (9.2) | 58.9 (14.9) | 66.5 (19.2) | 64.7 (18.2) | 55.9 (13.3) | 43.0 (6.1) | 32.6 (0.3) | 25.2 (−3.8) | 43.2 (6.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 15.0 (−9.4) | 15.0 (−9.4) | 22.2 (−5.4) | 28.5 (−1.9) | 37.5 (3.1) | 46.7 (8.2) | 53.7 (12.1) | 51.6 (10.9) | 42.9 (6.1) | 31.8 (−0.1) | 22.2 (−5.4) | 15.5 (−9.2) | 31.9 (0.0) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −8.4 (−22.4) | −10.8 (−23.8) | 2.0 (−16.7) | 11.0 (−11.7) | 22.6 (−5.2) | 34.0 (1.1) | 43.0 (6.1) | 39.7 (4.3) | 28.8 (−1.8) | 12.1 (−11.1) | 1.1 (−17.2) | −7.8 (−22.1) | −17.7 (−27.6) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −23 (−31) | −29 (−34) | −16 (−27) | −4 (−20) | 12 (−11) | 30 (−1) | 37 (3) | 31 (−1) | 21 (−6) | −10 (−23) | −14 (−26) | −24 (−31) | −29 (−34) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.41 (10) | 0.59 (15) | 0.91 (23) | 2.42 (61) | 2.97 (75) | 3.16 (80) | 3.29 (84) | 2.12 (54) | 1.59 (40) | 1.29 (33) | 0.52 (13) | 0.48 (12) | 19.75 (500) |
| Source 1: NOAA[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: XMACIS (records & monthly max/mins)[4] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for CUT PDF, effective 2007-07-05
- ^ Circle Mapper: CUT - Custer, South Dakota
- ^ "Custer County Airport, South Dakota 1991-2020 Monthly Normals". Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ^ "xmACIS". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for CUT
- AirNav airport information for CUT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for CUT

