Dillon Airport
DLN · KDLN · Dillon, Montana · Beaverhead County · map
Dillon Airport is a public-use airport owned by Beaverhead County, 4 miles northeast of Dillon, Montana, 5,245 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 6,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KDLN · observed 3:53 pm MDT (21:53 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 28°F (-2°C)
- Altimeter 30.16 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDLN 062153Z AUTO 02006KT 10SM CLR 26/M02 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02561022
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 DLN · ICAO KDLN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Beaverhead County
- Elevation
- 5,245 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 6,501 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 3,600 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 04: road 5 ft high 254 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 16 ft high 450 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Dillon and rco | 122.2 | Dillon |
| Bozeman and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.4 | |
| Dln and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.225 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 406-683-5470.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Dillon from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Dillon, Montana: 23 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 drones, 1 turboprop, 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 · 8 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
- Activate PAPI runway 17, 22, and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Departure NA.
- 1000 feet dstc mkrs.
- 1000 feet dstc mkrs.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5.0 NM.
- Runway visibility blocked by hngrs and buildings; cfm otr aircraft and operations bfr takeoff.
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.