Klies Air Strip
MT43 · Basin, Montana · Jefferson County · map
Klies Air Strip is a private airport, 6 miles northwest of Basin, Montana, 6,300 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 2,100 feet of grass and gravel. It has fuel (100 octane avgas).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MT43
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 6,300 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1989
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 2,100 × 30 ft | Grass and gravel |
- Runway 29: trees 100 ft high 500 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Basin from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Basin, MT as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Personal use.
- Moose, deer and elk fqt the Strip.
- Landings to the north and takeoffs to the south only due to terrain 1500' high 1.2 miles from the runway.
- 500' ovrnat south end of Strip running into 100' trees.
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.