Malmstrom Air Force Base Heliport
GFA · KGFA · Great Falls, Montana · Cascade County · map
Malmstrom Air Force Base Heliport is a private heliport owned by Usaf, 3 miles east of Great Falls, Montana, 3,472 feet above sea level. It has 2 landing pads. It has fuel (Jet A).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
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 Malmstrom Air Force Base Heliport…
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GFA · ICAO KGFA
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 3,472 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1943
Landing pads 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 100 × 100 ft | Asphalt | |
| H2 | 100 × 100 ft | Concrete |
Radio frequencies
| Approach and departure | 128.6 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Great Falls International (8 nm west), Fort Benton Airport (30 nm northeast), Choteau Airport (44 nm northwest).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Great Falls International (8 nm west), Choteau Airport (44 nm northwest).
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
- 126.2
- Light: jolly helipad not lit. Pedro helipad not lit. Perimeter lighted to huey helipad. Huey helipad windsock lighted. Pedro helipad windsock lighted. Northern and eastern windsocks not lighted.
- Caution: 57 feet tower located 0.5 NM northeast; construction pers and eqpt and obstruction all around Malmstrom Afb.
- Tran alert: no service available WO prior coord with copter maintenance dsn 632-6356.
- Caution: multi 286 feet crane operations approximately 2000 feet southeast FR jolly helipad.
- Operates 1300-0800Z++ MON-FRI.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Great Falls from the FAA register
88 aircraft are registered to owners in Great Falls, Montana: 75 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 3 business jets, 2 drones, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Montana.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Biz Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Great Falls, 9 miles away
Repair stations in Great Falls:
- Avmax Montana, INC
- Holman Aviation CO Holman Aviation is an FBO at Great Falls International Airport in Montana, providing fuel, ground handling, aircraft maintenance, and related services to commercial, airline, charter, corporate, private, and military aircraft.
Companies in the same town as this heliport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Great Falls 88 aircraft · 75 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 3 business jets
- Cloud Catcher Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Ponderosa Aircraft LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Biz Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Avmax Montana, INC · repair station
- Holman Aviation CO · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Montana 1,119 since 1982 · 164 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Montana 127 landing places
- Montana 6,045 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GFA.json.
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 27, 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.