Skyrider Ultralight Flightpark
North of Billings, Montana

What is it?

A members-only ultralight fightpark located 9 miles north of Billings, Montana.  The field operator is Yellowstone Ultralights and Powered Parchutes, an ASC PPC flying club.  Membership is open to all pilots of ultralight aircraft - powered parachutes, powered paragliders, trikes, unpowered hang gliders and soarers, fixed-wing ultralights.  Visitors are welcome.

What does it offer?

A 300' by 1200' turf runway/flight area, bisected by a 1200' E/W turf runway  (prevailing winds are west/southwest).  A 30' wooden tower with observation platform.  Multiple windsocks.  Picnic and camping area.  Riders in the Sky, Inc., maintains their hangar, flight school, and office space at the field (by appointment only, please - we have day jobs).

How to get there

Head North from Billings on Highway 87 towards Roundup.  Just before mile marker 12 (about 8 miles past the K-Mart), the Shepherd Acton Road crosses the highway.  Turn left (west) onto the Shepherd Acton Road (gravel).  Go exactly 4 miles, and the Flightpark will be on your left.

Alternate route: On Highway 3, just south of Acton, turn onto Buffalo Spring Road.  Immediately (within a hundred feet or so), turn East onto Shepherd Acton Road.  Go about 7 miles (watch out for the two sharp turns), and the Flightpark will be on your right.

Stats

Elevation: 3,540 MSL.  
Location: Longitude 108 degrees 33 minutes West. Latitude 45 degrees 57 minutes North.  
Billings VOR: 6 degrees, 8.5 nautical miles.  
No assigned air band frequency.
No services.

 

Guidelines for Visitors

Some tips for good etiquette for visitors to the Flightpark

How to get there:  Map

Map of location of Flightpark

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