Liberty County
LTY · KLTY · Chester, Montana · Liberty County · map
Liberty County is a public-use airport owned by Liberty County, 1 mile west of Chester, Montana, 3,185 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 4,607 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LTY · ICAO KLTY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Liberty County
- Elevation
- 3,185 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- March to November, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; DEC to FEB, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1947
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 4,607 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 1,710 × 60 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 16: power line 44 ft high 700 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Chester from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Chester, Montana: 10 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Montana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate PAPI runway 25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency
- Supplemental windcone northeast of runway 07 thld.
- Runway 16/34 marked with white cones full length.
- Has numerous gopher holes.
- Deer and antelope in the vicinity of airport.
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.