Spotted Bear /Usfs/ Airport
8U4 · Spotted Bear, Montana · Flathead County · map
Spotted Bear /Usfs/ Airport is a public-use airport owned by the US Forest Service, 3 miles northwest of Spotted Bear, Montana, 3,672 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 3,800 feet of grass and gravel.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8U4
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- US Forest Service
- Elevation
- 3,672 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- buoy, tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1945
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,800 × 78 ft | Grass and gravel, fair |
- Runway 14: trees 60 ft high 430 ft from the end
- Runway 32: trees 90 ft high 800 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Spotted Bear from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Spotted Bear, MT as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 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.
- Mountains and trees in trnstn area both sides of runway.
- North qtr of strip has a slgt DOG-LEG; DOG-LEG bgns 1800 feet from north end.
- First 1400 feet of runway 14 not marked with cones.
- Runway 32 first 2400 feet marked with cones spaced 200 feet apart.
- Up to 4 inch rock on runway surface.
- Fone in ranger stn or at ranch 1 MI south of airport.
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.