Fairfield Airport
5U5 · Fairfield, Montana · Teton County · map
Fairfield Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Fairfield/Teton CO, 1 mile north of Fairfield, Montana, 3,991 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 3,800 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5U5
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Fairfield/Teton CO
- Elevation
- 3,991 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,800 × 40 ft | Asphalt | Low-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 1,525 × 90 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 07: fence 5 ft high 14 ft from the end
- Runway 25: fence 4 ft high 30 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Fairfield from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Fairfield, Montana: 9 piston singles. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Montana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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
- Snow removal intmt.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Out of service indefinitely. Non-standard; spaced 27 feet from edge both sides. Threshold lights setback 2 feet from paved threshold.
- -6 feet ditch 171 feet from runway end both sides; +4 fence 153 feet from runway end both sides.
- Irrigation sprinkler ocnlly in approach area.
- Cones.
- Cones.
- 2 feet berms 10 feet from runway end.
- Under const.
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.