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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 175 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 16 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 43,580 takeoffs and landings a year. About 495,132 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Missoula Montana Airport?
Its FAA code is MSO, and its ICAO code is KMSO.
Where is Missoula Montana Airport?
It is 4 miles northwest of Missoula, Montana, 3,206 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Missoula Montana Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 12/30, is 9,501 feet long.
Does Missoula Montana Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Missoula Montana Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Missoula Montana Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Denver International, Seattle-Tacoma International, Salt Lake City International, Portland International, Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain. Every route
Are there flight schools at Missoula Montana Airport?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Blr Flyers LLC and Blue Rock Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Missoula Montana Airport?
1 pilot examiner and 4 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
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 Missoula Montana Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, parachute jumping, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Ronan Airport (39 nm north), Ravalli County (40 nm south), Plains Airport (47 nm northwest).
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
- 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
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 6,446 departures from MSO in those twelve months, carrying 537,287 passengers in 667,761 seats (80% filled), to 62 destinations (3 abroad) on 20 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missoula Montana → Denver International MSO–DEN | 1,200 | 133,890 | United Air Lines Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc., Frontier Airlines Inc. |
| Missoula Montana → Seattle-Tacoma International MSO–SEA | 1,174 | 98,840 | Alaska Airlines Inc., Horizon Air, SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Missoula Montana → Salt Lake City International MSO–SLC | 1,047 | 76,225 | SkyWest Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc. |
| Missoula Montana → Portland International MSO–PDX | 513 | 32,571 | Horizon Air, SkyWest Airlines Inc., Allegiant Air |
| Missoula Montana → Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain MSO–MSP | 505 | 56,194 | Delta Air Lines Inc., Sun Country Airlines..., Alaska Airlines Inc. and 1 more |
| Missoula Montana → Chicago O'Hare International MSO–ORD | 489 | 39,910 | Envoy Air, United Air Lines Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Missoula Montana → Great Falls International MSO–GTF | 424 | 0 | Federal Express Corporation, Empire Airlines Inc. |
| Missoula Montana → Dallas-Fort Worth International MSO–DFW | 423 | 38,217 | Envoy Air, American Airlines Inc. |
All 62 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 105 |
| multi-engine | 12 |
| jets | 33 |
| helicopters | 25 |
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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 43,580, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 8,937 |
| air taxi and commuter | 5,861 |
| general aviation, travelling | 17,200 |
| general aviation, local | 10,697 |
| military | 885 |
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 Missoula from the FAA register
762 aircraft are registered to owners in Missoula, Montana: 441 piston singles, 98 helicopters, 76 business jets, 73 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Montana.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Missoula, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Blr Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Missoula
- Blue Rock Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Missoula
- Nwa Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Missoula
Charter operators and airlines based in Missoula:
- Jet Access Aviation, LLC 15 aircraft on the certificate Jet Access Aviation is a vertically integrated aviation company offering private jet charter, aircraft management, maintenance and repair, FBO services, aircraft sales, joint ownership programs, and flight training.
- Alante Air Charter, LLC 13 aircraft on the certificate
- Heli-1 Corporation 8 aircraft on the certificate
- Minuteman Aviation Inc 7 aircraft on the certificate Minuteman Aviation is an FBO, maintenance facility, and helicopter operator based in Missoula, Montana.
- Neptune Aviation Services Inc 5 aircraft on the certificate Neptune Aviation Services Inc is an aerial firefighting company based in Missoula, Montana, and the primary provider of airtanker services to the US Forest Service.
Repair stations in Missoula:
- Aerotronics INC
- Minuteman Aviation, INC Minuteman Aviation is an FBO, maintenance facility, and helicopter operator based in Missoula, Montana.
- Neptune Aviation Services INC Neptune Aviation Services Inc is an aerial firefighting company based in Missoula, Montana, and the primary provider of airtanker services to the US Forest Service.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 4 aviation medical examiners, 3 parachute rigger examiners, 1 training center examiner.
- Timothy Franklin Mead private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Missoula, MT (0 nm) · (406) 499-4321 · [email protected]
All 10 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. 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 Missoula 762 aircraft · 441 piston singles, 98 helicopters, 76 business jets
- Air Fleet Holdings LLC 30 aircraft in town
- Corpat INC 19 aircraft in town
- Minuteman Aviation INC 18 aircraft in town
- Neptune Aviation Services INC 17 aircraft in town
- Divesa Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Leading Edge Aviation Services INC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Shoshone Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Jet Access Aviation, LLC 15 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Alante Air Charter, LLC 13 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Heli-1 Corporation 8 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Minuteman Aviation Inc 7 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Blr Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Blue Rock Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Nwa Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Aerotronics INC · repair station
- Minuteman Aviation, INC · repair station
- Neptune Aviation Services INC · repair station
- Denver International (DEN) 1,200 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA) 1,174 flights in twelve months · Alaska Airlines Inc., Horizon Air
- Salt Lake City International (SLC) 1,047 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Portland International (PDX) 513 flights in twelve months · Horizon Air, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain (MSP) 505 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 489 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, United Air Lines Inc.
- Great Falls International (GTF) 424 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation, Empire Airlines Inc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 423 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, American Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 32 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Montana 1,119 since 1982 · 164 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 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/MSO.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.