Ryan Field
2MT1 · West Glacier, Montana · Flathead County · map
Ryan Field is a private airport owned by Recreational Aviation Foundation, 1 mile southeast of West Glacier, Montana, 3,660 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 2,500 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 2MT1
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Recreational Aviation Foundation
- Elevation
- 3,660 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
- May 2006
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 2,500 × 65 ft | Grass |
- Runway 15: trees on the approach
- Runway 33: trees on the approach
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: Glacier Park International (16 nm southwest), Kalispell City Airport (23 nm southwest), Polson Airport (48 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Glacier Park International (16 nm southwest), Kalispell City Airport (23 nm southwest), Polson Airport (48 nm south).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in West Glacier from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in West Glacier, Montana: 6 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 balloon. 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.
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:
- Right Rudder Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Columbia Falls, 13 miles away Right Rudder Aviation is a full-service FBO at Inverness Airport (KINF) in Florida, offering 24-hour fuel sales (100LL and Jet A), hangar and tie-down storage, aircraft maintenance, aircraft rentals, and aircraft sales and leasing services.
Charter operators and airlines based in West Glacier:
- Glacier Aviation Services Inc 2 aircraft on the certificate Glacier Aviation Services operates helicopter tours over Glacier National Park and the Northern Rockies from Kalispell, Montana, and provides worldwide jet charter services.
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 · 5 since 1982, 2 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 West Glacier 8 aircraft · 6 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 balloons
- Glacier Aviation Services Inc 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Right Rudder Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 since 1982 · 2 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 6,049 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/2MT1.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 30, 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.