Sand Springs Strip
8U1 · Sand Springs, Montana · Garfield County · map
Sand Springs Strip is a public-use airport, 1 mile northwest of Sand Springs, Montana, 3,180 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 2,400 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8U1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 3,180 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 720 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1970
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,400 × 60 ft | Grass, poor |
- Runway 10: road 17 ft high 132 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Sand Springs from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Sand Springs, Montana: 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Montana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Animals on and in the vicinity of runway.
- Runway 10/28 rough and uneven mowing intmt.
- No landing on taxiway connected to runway 28.
- Runway 10/28 may be soft when wet.
- No snowplowing in winter
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.