Firebuster Airport
49MT · Columbus, Montana · Stillwater County · map
Firebuster Airport is a private airport owned by Mt Marian Enterprises, 6 miles east of Columbus, Montana, 3,901 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 6,000 feet of gravel.
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 49MT
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Mt Marian Enterprises
- Elevation
- 3,901 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- April 2021
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 6,000 × 100 ft | Gravel |
- Runway 10: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 28: right-hand traffic pattern
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: Laurel Municipal (16 nm east), Billings Logan International (27 nm northeast), Big Timber AT Howard Field (38 nm west), Powell Municipal (46 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Woltermann Memorial (5 nm west), Laurel Municipal (16 nm east), Red Lodge Airport (26 nm south), Billings Logan International (27 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Columbus from the FAA register
30 aircraft are registered to owners in Columbus, Montana: 26 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 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, 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:
- Stillwater Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Columbus, 6 miles away
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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Columbus 30 aircraft · 26 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 1 business jets
- N9Fx LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Pa Prospect CORP 3 aircraft in town
- Luckinbill LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Stillwater Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- 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 6,041 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/49MT.json.
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 26, 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.