Deer Lodge-City-County
38S · Deer Lodge, Montana · Powell County · map
Deer Lodge-City-County is a public-use airport owned by the City of Deer Lodge & Powell CO, 2 miles west of Deer Lodge, Montana, 4,693 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 5,800 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 38S
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Deer Lodge & Powell CO
- Elevation
- 4,693 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,800 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| 38S AWOS-AV | 120.025 | |
| Great Falls Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.4 |
Automated weather (AWOS-AV), by phone 406-846-1177.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Deer Lodge from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Deer Lodge, Montana: 8 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 1 business jet. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Montana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 and PAPI runways 13 and 31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 13/31 extdd southeast end.
- +28' trees 250' left of runway centerline extended.
- Single wheel apron weight bearing capacity 30,000 pounds for southwest apron, 50,000 pounds for northeast apron, taxiway to northeast apron 50,000 pounds.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -22C.
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 5, 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.