Belle Fourche Municipal
EFC · KEFC · Belle Fourche, South Dakota · Butte County · map
Belle Fourche Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Belle Fourche, 4 miles north of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, 3,191 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 4,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 18 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 4,206 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA EFC · ICAO KEFC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Belle Fourche
- Elevation
- 3,191 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1986
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,501 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 3,639 × 120 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Crawford and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.95 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 4,206, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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Aircraft registered in Belle Fourche from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Belle Fourche, South Dakota: 16 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Automated UNICOM.
- Marked with white/black marker cones.
- Ultralight operations on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- High vol of aircraft oprng in the vicinity of of MT rushmore and crazy horse monuments at or below 7500 feet; pilots are advised to mnt 122.85 for traffic advisories.
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.