Custer County Airport | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Custer, South Dakota | ||||||||||
| Opened | January 9, 1969 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,620 ft (1,710 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°44′1.18″N 103°37′10.20″W / 43.7336611°N 103.6195000°W | ||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||
Custer County Airport (ICAO: KCUT, FAA LID: CUT) is a public-use airport located 2 mi (3.2 km) southwest of Custer, South Dakota, United States.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA, ICAO and IATA, Custer County Airport is assigned CUT by the FAA and KCUT by the ICAO but has no designation from the IATA.
Custer County Airport covers an area of 86 acres (35 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (08/26) measuring 5,500 ft × 60 ft (1,676 m × 18 m).
| Climate data for Custer County Airport, South Dakota, 1991–2020 normals: 5545ft (1690m) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 65 (18) |
61 (16) |
72 (22) |
81 (27) |
88 (31) |
96 (36) |
99 (37) |
95 (35) |
94 (34) |
82 (28) |
73 (23) |
63 (17) |
99 (37) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 55.0 (12.8) |
52.1 (11.2) |
63.0 (17.2) |
72.1 (22.3) |
80.8 (27.1) |
88.8 (31.6) |
92.6 (33.7) |
90.3 (32.4) |
86.3 (30.2) |
75.1 (23.9) |
64.4 (18.0) |
54.0 (12.2) |
93.7 (34.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 35.2 (1.8) |
35.2 (1.8) |
43.5 (6.4) |
50.1 (10.1) |
59.6 (15.3) |
71.1 (21.7) |
79.2 (26.2) |
77.8 (25.4) |
69.0 (20.6) |
54.1 (12.3) |
42.9 (6.1) |
34.9 (1.6) |
54.4 (12.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 25.1 (−3.8) |
25.1 (−3.8) |
32.9 (0.5) |
39.3 (4.1) |
48.6 (9.2) |
58.9 (14.9) |
66.5 (19.2) |
64.7 (18.2) |
55.9 (13.3) |
43.0 (6.1) |
32.6 (0.3) |
25.2 (−3.8) |
43.2 (6.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 15.0 (−9.4) |
15.0 (−9.4) |
22.2 (−5.4) |
28.5 (−1.9) |
37.5 (3.1) |
46.7 (8.2) |
53.7 (12.1) |
51.6 (10.9) |
42.9 (6.1) |
31.8 (−0.1) |
22.2 (−5.4) |
15.5 (−9.2) |
31.9 (0.0) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −8.4 (−22.4) |
−10.8 (−23.8) |
2.0 (−16.7) |
11.0 (−11.7) |
22.6 (−5.2) |
34.0 (1.1) |
43.0 (6.1) |
39.7 (4.3) |
28.8 (−1.8) |
12.1 (−11.1) |
1.1 (−17.2) |
−7.8 (−22.1) |
−17.7 (−27.6) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −23 (−31) |
−29 (−34) |
−16 (−27) |
−4 (−20) |
12 (−11) |
30 (−1) |
37 (3) |
31 (−1) |
21 (−6) |
−10 (−23) |
−14 (−26) |
−24 (−31) |
−29 (−34) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.41 (10) |
0.59 (15) |
0.91 (23) |
2.42 (61) |
2.97 (75) |
3.16 (80) |
3.29 (84) |
2.12 (54) |
1.59 (40) |
1.29 (33) |
0.52 (13) |
0.48 (12) |
19.75 (500) |
| Source 1: NOAA | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: XMACIS (records & monthly max/mins) | |||||||||||||