Townsend Airport
8U8 · Townsend, Montana · Broadwater County · map
Townsend Airport is a public-use airport owned by Broadwater County, 2 miles east of Townsend, Montana, 3,897 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 26 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 4,510 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8U8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Broadwater County
- Elevation
- 3,897 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
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1941
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,000 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 4,510, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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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 · 4 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
- Airport established prior to 1959.
- Taxiway marked with reflectors.
- Activate PAPI runway 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Intmt snow removal on runway 17/35.
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.