Ekalaka Airport
97M · Ekalaka, Montana · Carter County · map
Ekalaka Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Carter, 2 miles southeast of Ekalaka, Montana, 3,505 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,798 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 6 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 200 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 97M
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Carter
- Elevation
- 3,505 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
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1992
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,798 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| 97M AWOS-3PT | 118.1 | |
| Miles City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.85 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 406-775-6028.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 200, 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 Ekalaka from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Ekalaka, Montana: 12 piston singles. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Beacon is located 1 MI northeast on hill top.
- PAPI runway 13 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset med intst from DUSK-0000. Otr hours activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service credit card 24/7
- 80 feet tall hills in transitional surface, south side of apt, 700 feet from runway edge.
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.