Helena Regional

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 4

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left, gnd 6 ft high 200 ft from the end
• Runway 27: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
• Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 22 ft high 425 ft from the end
• Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, fence 8 ft high 550 ft from the end
• Runway 35: right-hand traffic pattern, gnd 4 ft high 200 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 406-290-3397.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Deer Lodge-City-County (35 nm west), Bert Mooney Airport (45 nm southwest).

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

• Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) provided for schedule part 121 air carrier; otrw prior apvl required - amgr.
• Flight notification service (adcus) available.
• When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 27; runway end identifier lights runway 09, 17 and 35; PAPI runway 09 and 27; high-intensity runway lights runway 09/27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 and 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
• Runway 05/23 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. No part 121/PART 380 operations except between taxiway F and runway 9/27.
• Runway 17/35 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. No part 121/PART 380 operations except between taxiway F and taxiway C.
• +6 feet gnd 0-200 feet from runway end 350 feet R.
• +4 feet gnd 0-200 feet from runway end 0-125 feet L and R.
• Taxiway a, B, and C between taxiway a and runway 35 not available to air carrier gtr than 30 passenger seats.
• Arng operations 1400-0030Z++ MON-FRI, except holidays. Ctn durg tax; aasf ramp not stressed for large aircraft. Ramp advsy - 126.2, D406-324-5775, C406-324-5775. Transient service NA aft 2300Z++ MON-FRI; wkend and holidays.
• Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -16C.
• Arng: feet harrison aaf WI class D; paja - MT arng operations C406 324-5775/76, D324-5775/76.
• Landing fee gtr than 10000 LB.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

Takeoffs and landings a year about 44,403, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)

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.

Aircraft registered in Helena from the FAA register

537 aircraft are registered to owners in Helena, Montana: 358 piston singles, 53 helicopters, 37 turboprops, 34 piston twins, 34 business jets. 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, 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

Fuel and service companies in Helena, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

• National Aero Services LLC

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

• Sleeping Giant Flying Club INC 5 aircraft · Helena Sleeping Giant Flying Club is a non-profit flying club based at Helena Regional Airport in Helena, Montana.
• Happy Trails Flight Training & Charters LLC 2 aircraft · Helena Happy Trails Flight Training & Charters LLC offers flight training in Helena, Montana, providing private pilot, instrument pilot, commercial pilot, and certified flight instructor (CFI) certification courses.

Charter operators and airlines based in Helena:

• Corporate Aircraft Management Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate
• Aviation Charter Services LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
• Happy Trails Flight Training and Charter LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Happy Trails Flight Training and Charter LLC offers flight training in Helena, Montana, including private pilot, instrument pilot, and commercial pilot certification courses.
• Piedmont Air Inc 1 aircraft on the certificate Piedmont Air Services, based in Helena, Montana, operates charter flights and flightseeing tours throughout Montana and adjacent states.

Repair stations in Helena:

• Leading Edge Montana, LLC

Companies in the same town as this airport, 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.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 33 since 1982, 4 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.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles