Big Sky Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Madison County | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ennis, Montana | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,433 ft / 1,656 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°16′28″N 111°38′56″W / 45.27444°N 111.64889°W | ||||||||||
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Big Sky Airport (ICAO: KEKS, FAA LID: EKS) (also known as Ennis Big Sky Airport) is a county-owned, public-use airport located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) southeast of the central business district of Ennis, a town in Madison County, Montana, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[2]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned EKS by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3]
Big Sky Airport has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,600 by 100 feet (2,316 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 21, 2019, the airport had 12,350 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: 30 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, and 2 helicopter.[1]
Choice Aviation, the airport's fixed-base operator (FBO), offers fuel, flight instruction, aircraft/hangar rental, and other services.
On 19 February 2020, Big Sky Airport was awarded a $5.6 million FAA grant to extend the main taxiway to 7,600 ft (2,316 m), repave portions of the runway, and expand the airport property.[4]