Big Sky Airport

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]

Not to be confused with Ennis Municipal Airport.
Big Sky Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMadison County
ServesEnnis, Montana
Elevation AMSL5,423 ft / 1,653 m
Coordinates45°16′28″N 111°38′56″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 6,600 2,012 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations11,000
Based aircraft19

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]

Facilities and aircraft

Big Sky Airport has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,600 by 75 feet (2,012 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 16, 2009, the airport had 11,000 aircraft operations, an average of 30 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% air taxi. At that time there were 19 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 16% multi-engine, and 5% jet.[1]

Choice Aviation, the airport's fixed-base operators (FBOs), offer 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 extent the main taxiway to 7,600 ft (2,316 m), repave portions of the runway, and expand the airport property.[4]

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References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for EKS (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2012.
  3. "Ennis–Big Sky Airport (FAA: EKS, ICAO: KEKS)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  4. Boyer, Cody (21 February 2020). "'It's a massive deal:' Ennis-Big Sky Airport awarded FAA grant". KBZK. Bozeman, Montana. Retrieved 30 April 2020.


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