Waterfall Airport
23MT · Bozeman, Montana · Gallatin County · map
Waterfall Airport is a private airport owned by 2020 Fait Perry Trust, 1 mile south of Bozeman, Montana, 4,950 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,725 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 23MT
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- 2020 Fait Perry Trust
- Elevation
- 4,950 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2004
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 1,725 × 150 ft | Grass |
- Runway 36: trees 40 ft high 100 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Bozeman Yellowstone International (9 nm northwest), Mission Field (25 nm east), Ennis Big Sky Airport (34 nm southwest), Big Timber AT Howard Field (45 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Bozeman Yellowstone International (9 nm northwest), Mission Field (25 nm east), Three Forks Airport (26 nm northwest), Ennis Big Sky Airport (34 nm southwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Montana · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR only.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bozeman from the FAA register
336 aircraft are registered to owners in Bozeman, Montana: 231 piston singles, 38 business jets, 22 turboprops, 14 helicopters, 12 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Montana.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Gallatin Glider Club INC 1 aircraft · Gallatin Gateway, 9 miles away Gallatin Eagles is a flying club based in Bozeman, Montana that operates radio-controlled aircraft.
- Blue Dog Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Bozeman, 10 miles away
- Cow Dog Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Bozeman, 10 miles away
- Gallatin 182A Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Bozeman, 10 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Bozeman:
- Central Copters Inc 4 aircraft on the certificate Central Copters Inc operates helicopter charter and external load services from Bozeman, Montana.
- Northern Wings Aviation, LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Northern Wings Aviation is based in Bozeman, Montana and provides fire reconnaissance resources in support of USFS forest fire fighting, charter flights throughout the western United States, and specialized flight instruction including priv
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Bozeman 336 aircraft · 231 piston singles, 38 business jets, 22 turboprops
- Montana Aircraft Trust INC Trustee 31 aircraft in town
- Solera Aviation LLC 15 aircraft in town
- Central Copters INC 10 aircraft in town
- Big Sky Jet INC 6 aircraft in town
- Central Copters Inc 4 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Northern Wings Aviation, LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Gallatin Glider Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Blue Dog Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Cow Dog Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Accidents and incidents in Montana 1,119 since 1982 · 164 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Montana 127 landing places
- Montana 6,045 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/23MT.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.