Brown Cabin Seaplane Base
6MT4 · Libby, Montana · Lincoln County · map
Brown Cabin Seaplane Base is a private seaplane base, 28 miles southeast of Libby, Montana, 3,340 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6MT4
- Kind
- Seaplane base · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 3,340 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
- May 2020
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11W/29W | 12,000 × 500 ft | Water |
- Runway 29W: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this seaplane base.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Libby Airport (22 nm northwest), Kalispell City Airport (33 nm east), Plains Airport (35 nm south), Glacier Park International (37 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Libby Airport (22 nm northwest), Thompson Falls Airport (29 nm south), Kalispell City Airport (33 nm east), Plains Airport (35 nm south).
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 Libby from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Libby, Montana: 18 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Montana.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this seaplane base.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Libby 21 aircraft · 18 piston singles, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 helicopters
- Accidents and incidents in Montana 1,121 since 1982 · 166 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 6,049 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/6MT4.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.