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Bullwhacker Airport

BW8 · Winifred, Montana · Blaine County · map

Bullwhacker Airport is a public-use airport, 20 miles northeast of Winifred, Montana, 3,100 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 1,500 feet of grass.

The airport

Codes: FAA BW8
Kind: Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Elevation: 3,100 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: unattended
On the chart: Great Falls sectional
In the FAA's files since: September 2010

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
09/27	1,500 × 60 ft	Grass, fair

Runway 09: trees 25 ft high 400 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)

122.9

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Aircraft registered in Winifred from the FAA register

7 aircraft are registered to owners in Winifred, Montana: 7 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:

North Fergus Flying Club 3Two Calf Cattle Company LLC 2

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

Woodhawk Airport WH0 · 4 nm south Black Butte North Airport BB0 · 4 nm west Left Coulee Airport LC0 · 4 nm northeast Cow Creek Airport CW0 · 7 nm northeast Heller Farm Airport L51 · 12 nm southeast Knox Ridge Airport MT3 · 17 nm southeast Winifred Airport 9S7 · 21 nm southwest Sand Creek Wildlife Station MT79 · 22 nm southeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Runway soft and muddy when wet.
Sagebrush encroaching east end of runway 300-400 feet
Runway maintenance ireg.
No SN removal.
Wildlife and cattle on and in the vicinity 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.