Gardiner Airport
29S · Gardiner, Montana · Park County · map
Gardiner Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City & County, 2 miles northwest of Gardiner, Montana, 5,286 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,200 feet of asphalt. It has 3 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 930 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Gardiner Airport?
Its FAA code is 29S.
Where is Gardiner Airport?
It is 2 miles northwest of Gardiner, Montana, 5,286 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Gardiner Airport?
Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,200 feet long, asphalt.
Does Gardiner Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Gardiner Airport?
3 pilot examiners and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Gardiner Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 29S
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City & County
- Elevation
- 5,286 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
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1929
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,200 × 55 ft | Asphalt, excellent |
- Runway 10: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 28: hill 422 ft high 4,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Yellowstone Airport (27 nm southwest), Ennis Big Sky Airport (41 nm west), Mission Field (41 nm north), Bozeman Yellowstone International (47 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Yellowstone Airport (27 nm southwest), Ennis Big Sky Airport (41 nm west), Mission Field (41 nm north), Bozeman Yellowstone International (47 nm north).
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
- Road 85 feet from runway end both sides.
- MT 1.5 MI 9:1 ratio.
- 15 feet trucks 210 feet from runway end.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 3 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 930, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 30 |
| general aviation, travelling | 400 |
| general aviation, local | 500 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Gardiner from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Gardiner, Montana: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Montana.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 2 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner.
- Gregory Bruce Mecklenburg private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · Bozeman, MT (47 nm) · (406) 580-5412 · [email protected]
- Jeffrey Cook private pilot, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency); helicopters · Bozeman, MT (47 nm) · (406) 579-1195 · [email protected]
- Peta Sarah Sheridan private pilot, commercial and instrument, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Bozeman, MT (47 nm) · (360) 635-2324 · [email protected]
All 8 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Gardiner 3 aircraft · 3 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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 6,044 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/29S.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.