Frank Wiley Field
MLS · KMLS · Miles City, Montana · Custer County · map
Frank Wiley Field is a public-use airport owned by Miles City, 2 miles northwest of Miles City, Montana, 2,634 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 5,764 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 20 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 5,900 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Frank Wiley Field?
Its FAA code is MLS, and its ICAO code is KMLS.
Where is Frank Wiley Field?
It is 2 miles northwest of Miles City, Montana, 2,634 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Frank Wiley Field?
The longest of its 2 runways, 04/22, is 5,764 feet long.
Does Frank Wiley Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Frank Wiley Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MLS · ICAO KMLS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Miles City
- Elevation
- 2,634 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,764 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 5,624 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 17 ft high 778 ft from the end
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Miles City Rco | 122.2 | Miles City · Communications provided by great falls radio on 122.2 (Miles City rco). |
| Miles City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.85 | |
| Mls and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.575 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 406-232-1465.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
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
- Training act WI 15 MI. birds in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 04, 13, 22, and 31; PAPI runway 04, 13, 22, and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Condition unmnt - amgr.
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 | 18 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
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 5,900, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,500 |
| general aviation, travelling | 1,350 |
| general aviation, local | 3,000 |
| military | 50 |
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 Miles City from the FAA register
32 aircraft are registered to owners in Miles City, Montana: 19 piston singles, 6 drones, 5 balloons, 2 turboprops. 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 1 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
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Miles City 32 aircraft · 19 piston singles, 6 drones, 5 balloons
- High Plains Drifter Hot Air Balloons LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Sneaky Creek Drone Spraying LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Horizon Drone Solutions LLC 3 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Montana 1,119 since 1982 · 164 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 2 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Montana 127 landing places
- Montana 6,045 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MLS.json.
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 27, 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.