Direct Flights from Billings to Sidney
Sidney · Montana
Nonstop service from BIL to SDY on Cape Air. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Billings is the only city in our data with a nonstop to Sidney — everywhere else connects.
How long to go to Sidney for, from Billings
1h in the air, 244 miles: short enough that a single night in Sidney is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
With roughly 5 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About Sidney
Sidney is a town in Montana. In 2020, 6,300 people lived there.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Sidney
- Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is a partial reconstruction of the most important fur trading post on the upper Missouri River from 1829 to 1867.
- The Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center is a museum near Williston, North Dakota.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Sidney weather, compared with Billings
4° cooler than Billings on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Sidney 27°F · Billings 36°F · 9° colder
- April
- Sidney 56°F · Billings 57°F · much the same
- July
- Sidney 86°F · Billings 87°F · much the same
- October
- Sidney 56°F · Billings 59°F · 3° colder
February bottoms out near 27°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Sidney
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Sidney is May–June and September, when daytime highs are a comfortable 67–78°F.
- How long to stay
- A long weekend is plenty of time to see Sidney, including Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site and Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Billings to Sidney?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Billings (BIL) to Sidney (SDY) on Cape Air.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Billings to Sidney?
- Cape Air flies nonstop between Billings (BIL) and Sidney (SDY).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Billings to Sidney?
- There are about 5 nonstop departures per day (roughly 35 per week) from Billings to Sidney.
- How far is Sidney from Billings?
- Sidney is about 244 miles from Billings by air.
- What is there to do in Sidney?
- Popular things to do include Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center, and more.
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