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) and about 11 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 1,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Liberty County?
Its FAA code is LTY, and its ICAO code is KLTY.
Where is Liberty County?
It is 1 mile west of Chester, Montana, 3,185 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Liberty County?
The longest of its 2 runways, 07/25, is 4,607 feet long.
Does Liberty County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Liberty County?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
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 Liberty County…
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 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 and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Shelby Airport (35 nm west), Havre City-County (49 nm east).
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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 11 |
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 1,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 300 |
| general aviation, local | 700 |
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 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, 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Chester 11 aircraft · 10 piston singles, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Accidents and incidents in Montana 1,119 since 1982 · 164 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- 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/LTY.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.