Polson Airport
8S1 · Polson, Montana · Lake County · map
Polson Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Polson & Lake County, 1 mile west of Polson, Montana, 2,941 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,194 feet of asphalt. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8S1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Polson & Lake County
- Elevation
- 2,941 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,194 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03W/21W | 4,000 × 500 ft | Water |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 17 ft high 537 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 30 ft high 302 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Lakeside and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.075 |
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Aircraft registered in Polson from the FAA register
84 aircraft are registered to owners in Polson, Montana: 69 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 3 drones, 2 piston twins, 2 gliders. 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 · 5 since 1982, 1 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 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service H24.
- -10 feet ditch 168 feet from runway end air carriers centerline; drops to 60 feet 60 feet R.
- Ctn when landing for sbp activate adjacent river. +405 feet ridge 8500 feet from runway end.
- Airport surface condition unmon 5:00 pm to 8:00 am.
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.