Dawson Community Airport
GDV · KGDV · Glendive, Montana · Dawson County · map
Dawson Community Airport is a public-use airport owned by Dawson County, 4 miles northwest of Glendive, Montana, 2,458 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 5,704 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 20 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 5,880 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2,187 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Dawson Community Airport?
Its FAA code is GDV, and its ICAO code is KGDV.
Where is Dawson Community Airport?
It is 4 miles northwest of Glendive, Montana, 2,458 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Dawson Community Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 12/30, is 5,704 feet long.
Does Dawson Community Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Dawson Community Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Dawson Community Airport?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Billings Logan International. Every route
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Dawson Community Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GDV · ICAO KGDV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Dawson County
- Elevation
- 2,458 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:30 am to 6:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 5,704 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 3,002 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 30: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Watford City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.85 | |
| Gdv and aWOS-3PT | 135.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 406-345-0085.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Beach Airport (36 nm east), Sidney-Richland Regional (42 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Montana · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Airfield surface conditions unmonitored 1:00 am to 11:00 am NOV-MAY.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 02-20 and runway 12-30, PAPI runway 02 and runway 20, runway end identifier lights runway 12 and runway 30 - the common traffic frequency. VASI runway 12/30 oper continuously.
- Taxiway a has edge lips exceeding 3 in.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 695 departures from GDV in those twelve months, carrying 1,957 passengers in 6,255 seats (31% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson Community → Billings Logan International GDV–BIL | 695 | 1,957 | Hyannis Air Service,... |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 20 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,880, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 3,060 |
| general aviation, travelling | 1,200 |
| general aviation, local | 1,600 |
| military | 20 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Glendive from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Glendive, Montana: 16 piston singles, 1 helicopter, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Montana.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Glendive 18 aircraft · 16 piston singles, 1 helicopters, 1 drones
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Montana 1,119 since 1982 · 164 in the last ten years
- Billings Logan International (BIL) 695 flights in twelve months · Hyannis Air Service, Inc. dba Cape Air
- Public-use airports in Montana 127 landing places
- Montana 6,044 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GDV.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.