Black Hills-Clyde Ice Field
SPF · KSPF · Spearfish, South Dakota · Lawrence County · map
Black Hills-Clyde Ice Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Spearfish, 3 miles east of Spearfish, South Dakota, 3,933 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 6,401 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 67 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 17,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 11 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Black Hills-Clyde Ice Field?
Its FAA code is SPF, and its ICAO code is KSPF.
Where is Black Hills-Clyde Ice Field?
It is 3 miles east of Spearfish, South Dakota, 3,933 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Black Hills-Clyde Ice Field?
The longest of its 3 runways, 13/31, is 6,401 feet long.
Does Black Hills-Clyde Ice Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Black Hills-Clyde Ice Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Black Hills-Clyde Ice Field?
1 pilot examiner and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SPF · ICAO KSPF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Spearfish
- Elevation
- 3,933 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:30 am to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1937
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 6,401 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 4,003 × 100 ft | Grass, excellent | |
| 04/22 | 1,995 × 120 ft | Grass, excellent |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, hill 98 ft high 2,160 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 04: road 18 ft high 650 ft from the end
- Runway 22: fence 1 ft high 150 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.5 | |
| Spf and aWOS-3 | 118.325 | |
| Apt Remark 8 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | |
| Rapid City Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 127.95 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 605-642-8536.
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), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, crop spraying, air ambulance, cargo handling, charter flights, gliders, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Belle Fourche Municipal (16 nm north), Sturgis Municipal (18 nm east), Hulett Municipal (35 nm west).
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 South Dakota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; PAPI runways 13 and 31 and taxiway a LGTS- the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 04/22 and runway 08/26 marked with Black and white edge markers.
- Ireg operations in and out of pvt airfield located approximately 3300 feet south of airport; check the common traffic frequency frequency for status.
- Runway 22 +4 feet fence 50 feet R 141 feet from thld and 50 feet L 175 feet from thld.,
- Ultralight activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 (4 clicks to ellsworth approach and 6 clicks to denver center)
- 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.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -30C.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 61 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| helicopters | 2 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 17,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,200 |
| general aviation, travelling | 4,000 |
| general aviation, local | 11,000 |
| military | 800 |
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 Spearfish from the FAA register
53 aircraft are registered to owners in Spearfish, South Dakota: 45 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 South Dakota.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Spearfish, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); 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
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument; 1 for airplanes. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner.
- Michael Duane Rath private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Eagle Aviation · Spearfish, SD (0 nm) · (605) 645-1487 · [email protected]
All 5 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 14 since 1982, 3 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Spearfish 53 aircraft · 45 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 helicopters
- Eagle Aviation LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Check 6 LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Rath Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 14 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in South Dakota 467 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Dakota 70 landing places
- South Dakota 2,273 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SPF.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.