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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.

Airlines
Cape Air
Nonstop flights
~5/day
Distance
244 mi
Flight time
~1hgate to gate
Elevation
1,985 ft1,667 ft lower than your departure
Days operated
Daily (all week)
Great-circle flight path from Billings (BIL) to Sidney (SDY), 244 miles nonstop.BILSDY

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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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