Bert Mooney Airport
BTM · KBTM · Butte, Montana · Silver Bow County · map
Bert Mooney Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles southeast of Butte, Montana, 5,550 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 9,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBTM · observed 1:53 pm MDT (19:53 UTC), 43 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (340°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 71°F (22°C), dew point 21°F (-6°C)
- Altimeter 30.25 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:22 am MDT (17:22 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 3:00 pm MDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm MDT (02:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBTM 061953Z AUTO 34006KT 10SM CLR 22/M06 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP209 T02171061
TAF KBTM 061722Z 0618/0718 14005KT P6SM SKC FM062100 32009KT P6SM SKC FM070200 VRB04KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BTM · ICAO KBTM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 5,550 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 9,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 5,100 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 33: VASI, two boxes on the left, tower 65 ft high 2,986 ft from the end
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 16 ft high 560 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left, building 36 ft high 1,251 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Butte and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.4 | |
| Btm and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.175 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 406-494-1870.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Butte from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Butte, Montana: 23 piston singles, 3 drones, 1 piston twin, 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 · 15 since 1982, 5 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
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 15; runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; PAPI runway 12 and 30; VASI runway 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 and 12/30 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 15 operates continuously.
- Fee for all commercial aircraft and aircraft over 9000 pounds.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degrees right of rcl.
- PAPI rstrd to 2.1 NM from runway 30 thld due to high terrain. PAPI unusable beyond 2 degrees right of rcl.
- Do not use VASI beyond 1.5 MI due to high terrain.
- Surface conditions unmonitored between midnight and 5 a.M.
- Deer in vicinity of airport.
- Snow removal operations in progres during periods of snow.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -24C.
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.