Bowman Field
3U3 · Anaconda, Montana · Deer Lodge County · map
Bowman Field is a public-use airport owned by Anaconda Deerlodge County, 3 miles northeast of Anaconda, Montana, 5,034 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 6,010 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3U3
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Anaconda Deerlodge County
- Elevation
- 5,034 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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1963
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 6,010 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 4,074 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| 3U3 AWOS-3PT | 124.175 | |
| Butte and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.4 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 406-563-8275.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Anaconda from the FAA register
36 aircraft are registered to owners in Anaconda, Montana: 17 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 5 turboprops, 3 piston twins, 3 gliders. 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 · 3 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
- Rotating beacon located midway of runway 04/22 and offset 700 feet southeast of centerline.
- Activate PAPI runway 04, 17, 22, and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport unatndd. Conditions unmonitored 1700 - 0800.
- Unlighted hazardous stack; 585 feet above ground level located 3.2 NM southwest of airport.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -25C.
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.