Big Timber AT Howard Field
6S0 · Big Timber, Montana · Sweet Grass County · map
Big Timber AT Howard Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Big Timber/Sweetgrass CO, 3 miles southwest of Big Timber, Montana, 4,494 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 5,285 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6S0
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Big Timber/Sweetgrass CO
- Elevation
- 4,494 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1941
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,285 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 3,475 × 75 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 24: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Billings and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 127.75 | |
| 6S0 AWOS-3 | 132.050 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 406-932-6051.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Big Timber from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Big Timber, Montana: 10 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. 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 · 2 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
- PAPI runway 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 operates DUSK-MIDNIGHT, otr times activate - the common traffic frequency.
- 18/36 - thlds marked with cones.
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.