Sidney-Richland Regional
SDY · KSDY · Sidney, Montana · Richland County · map
Sidney-Richland Regional is a public-use airport owned by Sidney Richland Apt Authority, 1 mile west of Sidney, Montana, 1,985 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 5,705 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 28 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 11,555 takeoffs and landings a year. About 7,540 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Weather right now KSDY · observed 3:56 pm MDT (21:56 UTC), 4 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the northwest (320°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 1,900 feet, overcast at 2,400 feet
- Temperature 42°F (6°C), dew point 36°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 inHg
The forecast issued Mon 11:26 am MDT (17:26 UTC), good until Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Mon 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north at 9 knots, visibility 6 miles, mist, a broken layer at 1,200 feet MVFR
- At times between Mon 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC) and 4:00 pm MDT (22:00 UTC): visibility 3 miles, mist, overcast at 700 feet IFR
- From Mon 4:00 pm MDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 900 feet IFR
- From Mon 7:00 pm MDT (01:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility 6 miles, mist, scattered clouds at 500 feet, overcast at 1,000 feet MVFR
The codes as issued, and in English (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSDY 122156Z AUTO 32010KT 10SM BKN019 OVC024 06/02 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP166 T00560022 PNO $
- METAR
- a routine hourly observation
- KSDY
- the station, KSDY
- 122156Z
- observed 3:56 pm MDT (21:56 UTC)
- AUTO
- fully automated report, nobody checked it
- 32010KT
- wind from the northwest at 10 knots
- 10SM
- visibility 10 miles
- BKN019
- a broken layer at 1,900 feet
- OVC024
- overcast at 2,400 feet
- 06/02
- temperature 6 °C (43 °F), dew point 2 °C (36 °F)
- A2996
- altimeter setting 29.96 inches of mercury
- RMK
- remarks follow
- AO2
- automated station with a precipitation sensor
- SLP166
- sea-level pressure 1016.6 hPa
- T00560022
- temperature 5.6 °C (42 °F), dew point 2.2 °C (36 °F)
- PNO $
- the rain gauge is not working, the station needs maintenance
TAF KSDY 121726Z 1218/1318 01009KT 6SM BR BKN012 TEMPO 1218/1222 3SM BR OVC007 FM122200 33009KT P6SM OVC009 FM130100 VRB06KT 6SM BR SCT005 OVC010
- TAF
- a terminal aerodrome forecast: the weather expected at the airport, usually for the next 24 or 30 hours
- KSDY
- the station, KSDY
- 121726Z
- issued 11:26 am MDT (17:26 UTC)
- 1218/1318 01009KT 6SM BR BKN012
- valid from Mon 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC) to Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north at 9 knots, visibility 6 miles, mist, a broken layer at 1,200 feet
- TEMPO 1218/1222 3SM BR OVC007
- at times from Mon 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC) to Mon 4:00 pm MDT (22:00 UTC): visibility 3 miles, mist, overcast at 700 feet
- FM122200 33009KT P6SM OVC009
- from Mon 4:00 pm MDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 900 feet
- FM130100 VRB06KT 6SM BR SCT005 OVC010
- from Mon 7:00 pm MDT (01:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility 6 miles, mist, scattered clouds at 500 feet, overcast at 1,000 feet
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
Turbulence No turbulence warning in force over this field. No pilot has reported turbulence within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours. The government's turbulence forecast map ↗
Icing No icing warning in force over this field. A pilot reported no icing, at 6,000 ft, 77 nm southeast, 3:12 pm MDT (21:12 UTC). The freezing level is below 6,000 ft, the lowest forecast height, so any cloud could carry ice. The government's icing forecast map ↗
1 pilot report within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours:
- C208 at 6,000 ft, 77 nm southeast, 3:12 pm MDT (21:12 UTC): no icing, -4 °C.
as filed, and in English
DIK UA /OV DIK/TM 2112/FL060/TP C208/SK BASE042-TOP060/TA M04/IC NEG
- Report
- a routine report filed through DIK
- Where
- over DIK
- Time
- 21:12 UTC
- Height
- at 6,000 ft
- Aircraft
- C208
- Sky
- BASE042-TOP060
- Temperature
- −4 °C
- Icing
- none
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (GGW, 102 nm west), for use 20:00–03:00 UTC: 6,000 ft: light and variable, -1 °C; 9,000 ft: 310° at 6 kt, -3 °C; 12,000 ft: 280° at 20 kt, -1 °C; 18,000 ft: 260° at 31 kt, -14 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SDY · ICAO KSDY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Sidney Richland Apt Authority
- Elevation
- 1,985 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1951
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,705 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 4,024 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 29 ft high 956 ft from the end
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, road 14 ft high 489 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 10 ft high 489 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Sdy and aWOS-3PT | 119.275 | |
| Watford City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.85 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 406-482-7323.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, crop spraying, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Watford City Municipal (38 nm east), Williston Basin International (38 nm northeast), Dawson Community Airport (42 nm southwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Montana · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runways 01/19 and 11/29; runway end identifier lights runways 01 and 19, 11 and 29; PAPI runways 01 and 19, 11 and 29 - the common traffic frequency.
- Flocks of water fowl in vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1,681 departures from SDY in those twelve months, carrying 7,059 passengers in 15,129 seats (47% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney-Richland Regional → Billings Logan International SDY–BIL | 1,681 | 7,059 | Hyannis Air Service,... |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 24 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 11,555, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 4,670 |
| general aviation, travelling | 1,380 |
| general aviation, local | 5,475 |
| military | 30 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Sidney from the FAA register
34 aircraft are registered to owners in Sidney, Montana: 18 piston singles, 14 piston twins, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Montana.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Sidney, by their names on the register:
- Richland Flight Academy LLC 1 aircraft Richland Aviation is a family-owned fixed base operation (FBO) located at Sidney-Richland Regional Airport (KSDY) in Sidney, Montana.
Charter operators and airlines based in Sidney:
- Richland Aviation, Inc. 8 aircraft on the certificate Richland Aviation is a family-owned fixed base operation (FBO) located at Sidney-Richland Regional Airport (KSDY) in Sidney, Montana.
- Treasure State Aerospace, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Treasure State Aerospace operates helicopter tours over Yellowstone National Park, offers VIP charter services, provides flight training, and conducts utility missions including search and rescue.
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Sidney 34 aircraft · 18 piston singles, 14 piston twins, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Richland Aviation INC 11 aircraft in town
- Sherry-Aire LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Richland Aviation, Inc. 8 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Treasure State Aerospace, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Richland Flight Academy LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Billings Logan International (BIL) 1,681 flights in twelve months · Hyannis Air Service, Inc. dba Cape Air
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Montana 1,119 since 1982 · 165 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 6 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Montana 127 landing places
- Montana 6,042 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SDY.json.
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 9, 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.