Fort Benton Airport
79S · Fort Benton, Montana · Chouteau County · map
Fort Benton Airport is a public-use airport owned by Ft Benton & Chouteau CO, 1 mile northeast of Fort Benton, Montana, 2,869 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 4,300 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 79S
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Ft Benton & Chouteau CO
- Elevation
- 2,869 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 4,300 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 1,700 × 75 ft | Dirt, poor |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 14: power line 50 ft high 830 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| 79S AWOS-3PT | 121.125 | |
| Great Falls Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.4 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 406-622-5976.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Fort Benton from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Benton, Montana: 16 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 2 helicopters, 1 piston twin. 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
- Activate PAPI runway 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Rough surface condition
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.