Canyon Ferry Airport
8U9 · Townsend, Montana · Broadwater County · map
Canyon Ferry Airport is a public-use airport owned by Broadwater County, 7 miles northwest of Townsend, Montana, 3,840 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,200 feet of gravel.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8U9
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Broadwater County
- Elevation
- 3,840 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
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1961
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,200 × 75 ft | Gravel, good |
- Runway 34: threshold displaced 597 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
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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 · 2 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
- No snow removal.
- 16/34 marked with white cones spaced 200 feet apart. Runway 34 displaced threshold marked with red cones.
- Approach slope 50:1 from displaced threshold.
- Runway 16/34 loose rock and gravel up to 3 in. Soft when wet.
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.