Schafer /Usfs/ Airport
8U2 · Schafer, Montana · Flathead County · map
Schafer /Usfs/ Airport is a public-use airport, 15 miles southeast of Schafer, Montana, 4,856 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 3,200 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8U2
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 4,856 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,200 × 60 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 07: trees 55 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 25: trees 110 ft high 254 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Schafer from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Schafer, MT as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 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
- Est prior to 1959.
- Low area north side of runway aprox 1100' from app end runway 25-USE caution.
- Runway 07 first 800 feet unmarked except threshold.
- Runway cone width may vary. First 2400 feet marked with white cones 200 feet apart.
- First 400 feet of runway 25 is UNEVEN-BOUNCY-ROUGH.
- Watch for horses or big game animals on runway.
- Take off and land runway 25 conditions permitting.
- Trees and terrain in transient surface both sides of runway full length.
- Primary purpose of a/south is a trailhead for wilderness areas.
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.