New TAF service for Ravalli County Airport (KHAM) in Hamilton, MT

[Scott Dennstaedt, PhD]

Effective Tuesday, September 24, 2019, at 1800Z, the NWS office in Missoula, MT, will begin Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) service for Ravalli County Airport (KHAM) in Hamilton, MT. 

[kpaul]

41 minutes ago, scottd said:

Effective Tuesday, September 24, 2019, at 1800Z, the NWS office in Missoula, MT, will begin Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) service for Ravalli County Airport (KHAM) in Hamilton, MT. 

I guess Choice Aviation is brining in enough $$$ to make this worth while, Not a lot of traffic at HAM other than them.  I like this because I am looking at the Missoula/Hamilton area for my post military second career starting next spring.

[Scott Dennstaedt, PhD]

7 hours ago, kpaul said:

I guess Choice Aviation is bringing in enough $$$ to make this worth while, Not a lot of traffic at HAM other than them.  I like this because I am looking at the Missoula/Hamilton area for my post military second career starting next spring.

It's not related to the FBO operations.  Might be due to an air ambulance operation out of there.   

[kpaul]

50 minutes ago, scottd said:

It's not related to the FBO operations.  Might be due to an air ambulance operation out of there.   

Interesting.  I just caught it, but are they changing the ICAO identifier for Ravalli Co. Airport to KHAM?  It is currently 6S5.

[Scott Dennstaedt, PhD]

That’s pretty common to change to an ICAO id when a TAF service is started. 

[jaylw314]

Are there any airports with a non-ICAO ID that have a TAF service?