Missoula Montana Airport
MSO · KMSO · Missoula, Montana · Missoula County · map
Missoula Montana Airport is a public-use airport, 4 miles northwest of Missoula, Montana, 3,206 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 9,501 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KMSO · observed 3:53 pm MDT (21:53 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 32°F (0°C)
- Altimeter 30.12 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:22 am MDT (17:22 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMSO 062153Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/00 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP191 T02390000
TAF KMSO 061722Z 0618/0718 VRB06KT P6SM SKC
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 MSO · ICAO KMSO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 3,206 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- 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
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 9,501 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 4,612 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.4 | Missoula |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 126.65 | Missoula |
| Ground | 121.9 | Missoula |
| Approach and departure | 124.9 | Missoula |
| Miller Peak Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.075 | Missoula |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 406-213-9541.
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.
Aircraft registered in Missoula from the FAA register
764 aircraft are registered to owners in Missoula, Montana: 442 piston singles, 97 helicopters, 77 business jets, 74 turboprops, 46 piston twins. 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 · 32 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
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 12; PAPI runway 30; medium-intensity runway lights 08/26; high-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- 180 degrees turns for aircraft ovr 12500 pounds gross weight prohibited on all movement areas. Avoid locked turns at all times.
- Taxiway G between runway 08 end to runway 12/30 rstrd to aircraft under 12500 pounds.
- Landing fee for all commercial aircraft and all aircraft over 9,000 pounds.
- Migratory and small bird actvty on and in the vicinity of airport year round.
- Hang glider operations, paraglider act 5.5 NM east of aer runway 30.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -11C.
- Prchtg at or around the airport.
- Runway 8/26 closed permission
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.