Fort Smith Landing Strip
5U7 · Fort Smith, Montana · Big Horn County · map
Fort Smith Landing Strip is a public-use airport owned by the National Park Service, 1 mile north of Fort Smith, Montana, 3,242 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 3,827 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5U7
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- National Park Service
- Elevation
- 3,242 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1969
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,827 × 50 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 07: power line 480 ft high 5,000 ft from the end
- Runway 25: threshold displaced 140 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Fort Smith from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Fort Smith, MT as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 25 +4 feet fence 20 feet from end of runway, perpendicular +4 feet fence parl to rcl and 75 feet R ending at 20 feet from end of runway. Runway 25 +17 feet tree 10 feet from end of runway 60 feet L.
- Runway 07 numbers and centerline faded.
- Runway 25 numbers and centerline faded.
- Runway 25 displaced markings yellow.
- Runway 25 approach slp 9:1 to dthr.
- Be alert: multiple powerlines of varying elevations and distances in the vicinity of airport.
- Nmrs transverse and longitudinal cracks. Raveling, edge erosion, failing crack seal with vegetation growth.
- Runway 07 -7 feet ditch 116 feet from end of runway xng runway centerline.
- Runway 25-2 feet ditch 56 feet from end of runway, both xng rcl.
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.