Lewistown Municipal
LWT · KLWT · Lewistown, Montana · Fergus County · map
Lewistown Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Lewistown & Fergus County, 2 miles southwest of Lewistown, Montana, 4,170 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 6,100 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LWT · ICAO KLWT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Lewistown & Fergus County
- Elevation
- 4,170 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- 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
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 6,100 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 5,600 × 101 ft | Asphalt and gravel, poor | |
| 13/31 | 4,102 × 62 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 26: VASI, four boxes on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Lwt and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.375 | |
| Judith Mountain Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.4 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 406-538-2653.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Lewistown from the FAA register
67 aircraft are registered to owners in Lewistown, Montana: 53 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 3 piston twins, 3 drones, 1 turboprop. 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 · 10 since 1982, 2 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runways 08 and 26; PAPI runway 08; VASI runway 26; medium-intensity runway lights runways 08/26 and 13/31; - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 03/21 markings faded.
- Runway 03/21 asphalt spalling.
- Loose gravel surface.
- All taxiways have reflectors except taxiway C, east, and half of a, which are lighted.
- Runway 03/21 day use only.
- Runway 03/21 not mntnd in winter; runway 13/31 plowed as needed.
- Airport surface conditions not mntd 5:00 pm to 5:00 am.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.