Elk Meadows Ranch Airport
8MT4 · Townsend, Montana · Broadwater County · map
Elk Meadows Ranch Airport is a private airport, 8 miles north of Townsend, Montana, 4,066 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 2,200 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8MT4
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 4,066 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- March 2010
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,200 × 50 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 23: plines on the approach
Aircraft registered in Townsend from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Townsend, Montana: 15 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only.
- Please place on aeronautical charts.
- Takeoff from runway 23 only and land on runway 05 only.
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.