79S Fort Benton Airport
Fort Benton, MT · 1 mile NE of FORT BENTON, MT
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 2868.8 ft
- Coordinates
- 47-50-39.0800N 110-38-12.7000W
- Lat / Long
- 47.8441889, -110.6368611
- Mag. variation
- 14E (2005)
- Time zone
- UTC -6 (UTC -7 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 04/1940
- ARTCC
- SALT LAKE CITY CENTER
- FSS
- GREAT FALLS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- GTF (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- UNATNDD
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT PAPI RWY 05 & 23; MIRL RWY 05/23 - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from 79S
Runways
Longest 4300 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 4300 x 75 ft. / 1311 x 23 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in excellent condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 16.0
Runway 5
- Heading
- 048 magnetic, 062 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 2868.8 ft.
Runway 23
- Heading
- 228 magnetic, 242 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 2859.5 ft.
- Dimensions
- 1700 x 75 ft. / 518 x 23 m
- Surface
- dirt, in good condition
Runway 14
- Heading
- 138 magnetic, 152 true
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 2863.2 ft.
- Obstructions
- 50 ft. pline, 830 ft. from runway, 16:1 slope to clear
Runway 32
- Heading
- 318 magnetic, 332 true
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 2866.4 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 1
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 122.8
- Wx Awos-3pt
- 121.125 (406-622-5976)
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL
- Fuel available
- 100LL
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- NONE
- Powerplant service
- NONE
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.