Helena Regional
HLN · KHLN · Helena, Montana · Lewis and Clark County · map
Helena Regional is a public-use airport, 2 miles northeast of Helena, Montana, 3,877 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 9,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHLN · observed 1:53 pm MDT (19:53 UTC), 45 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 14 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 25°F (-4°C)
- Altimeter 30.13 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:03 pm MDT (18:03 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west at 15 knots, gusting to 25, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm MDT (01:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHLN 061953Z 26014KT 10SM CLR 25/M04 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP192 T02501039 $
TAF KHLN 061803Z 0618/0718 28015G25KT P6SM FEW250 FM070100 VRB06KT P6SM SCT250
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 HLN · ICAO KHLN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 3,877 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with approach control · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 1:00 am
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 9,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 4,644 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 2,989 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 1,584 × 75 ft | Grass |
- 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
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.3 | Helena |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Hln and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.4 | Helena |
| Ground | 121.9 | Helena |
| Approach and departure | 119.5 | Helena |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Helena |
| Helena and rco | 122.2 | Helena |
| Arng and operations | 126.2 | Helena |
| Butte and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.4 | Helena |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 406-290-3397.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Helena from the FAA register
538 aircraft are registered to owners in Helena, Montana: 360 piston singles, 53 helicopters, 36 turboprops, 35 piston twins, 33 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Montana.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.