St. Ignatius Airport
52S · St Ignatius, Montana · Lake County · map
St. Ignatius Airport is a public-use airport owned by St Ignatius City, 1 mile northeast of St Ignatius, Montana, 3,006 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,610 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 52S
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- St Ignatius City
- Elevation
- 3,006 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1950
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2,610 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 26: road 12 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 8/26 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in St Ignatius from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list St Ignatius, MT as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Snow removal.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 8/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100 feet unlighted; 2270 feet lighted at night. Runway 26 240 feet unlighted;
- 15 feet N-S road 40-115 feet from runway end; 4 feet N-S fence 10-90 feet from runway end.
- 18 feet building 200 feet from runway end 234 feet R of centerline; 18 feet building 385 feet from runway end 141 feet L of centerline. Grass ovrn 300X60 feet.
- Non standard
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Birds in the vicinity of runway.
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.