Black Canyon Ranch Airport
MT39 · Seeley Lake, Montana · Missoula County · map
Black Canyon Ranch Airport is a private airport, 12 miles east of Seeley Lake, Montana, 4,260 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 3,200 feet of grass and dirt.
The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MT39
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 4,260 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1994
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,200 × 50 ft | Grass and dirt |
- Runway 25: power line 30 ft high 1,500 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Missoula Montana Airport (34 nm west), Ronan Airport (42 nm northwest), Deer Lodge-City-County (49 nm southeast), Polson Airport (50 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lindey'S Landing West Seaplane Base (8 nm northwest), Missoula Montana Airport (34 nm west), St. Ignatius Airport (34 nm northwest), Ronan Airport (42 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
- Provided PR VFR use.
- 07/25 thld marked with white tires.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Seeley Lake from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Seeley Lake, Montana: 19 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- 23S Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Seeley Lake, 8 miles away
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.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Seeley Lake 25 aircraft · 19 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 piston twins
- 23S Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- 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/MT39.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.