Benchmark Airport
3U7 · Augusta, Montana · Lewis and Clark County · map
Benchmark Airport is a public-use airport, 19 miles west of Augusta, Montana, 5,434 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 6,000 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Benchmark Airport?
Its FAA code is 3U7.
Where is Benchmark Airport?
It is 19 miles west of Augusta, Montana, 5,434 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Benchmark Airport?
Its one runway, 12/30, is 6,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Benchmark Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3U7
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 5,434 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
- 18E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1965
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 6,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 12: trees 39 ft high 372 ft from the end
- Runway 30: trees 41 ft high 461 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Choteau Airport (35 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lindey'S Landing West Seaplane Base (31 nm southwest), Choteau Airport (35 nm northeast).
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
- WI Lewis and Clark national forest.
- Snow removal NA.
- 3 wdi; both ends and midpt.
- Psbl MOD-SVR crosswind and turb.
- Rises uphill 120 feet; rising trrn beyond.
- Recommended departure condition pmtg.
- +58 feet trees on centerline.
- +250 feet trees on centerline.
- 33:1 to threshold. +65 feet trees 0-150 feet R 2150 feet from runway end.
- Large cracks and weeds full length.
- Mts parl east and west; in trsn surface.
- Services NA.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Augusta from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Augusta, Montana: 1 piston single. 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 1 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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Augusta 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Montana 1,121 since 1982 · 166 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 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/3U7.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.