Whitefish Airport
58S · Whitefish, Montana · Flathead County · map
Whitefish Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile east of Whitefish, Montana, 3,066 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 2,560 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 58S
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 3,066 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 2,560 × 75 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 11: threshold displaced 278 ft, trees 60 ft high 686 ft from the end
- Runway 29: trees 97 ft high 442 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Whitefish from the FAA register
84 aircraft are registered to owners in Whitefish, Montana: 57 piston singles, 14 business jets, 5 turboprops, 5 helicopters, 2 piston twins. 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
- Runway 11/29 trees, rail road and P-LINES in trsnl surface full runway length on north side. May be gopher holes or ireg surface.
- Runway 11 marked with west cones.
- Runway 29 marked with west cones.
- Free bicycles for airport use located in storage shed. To access use emergency frequency on lock.
- Calm wind use runway 11; minimize pattern work.
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.