Carson Field
MT53 · Kalispell, Montana · Flathead County · map
Carson Field is a private airport owned by Lost Prairie Airstrip INC., 22 miles southwest of Kalispell, Montana, 3,550 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,650 feet of asphalt and concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MT53
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Lost Prairie Airstrip INC.
- Elevation
- 3,550 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- April to November, around the clock; December to March, weekends, around the clock
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1985
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,650 × 24 ft | Asphalt and concrete |
Aircraft registered in Kalispell from the FAA register
1,276 aircraft are registered to owners in Kalispell, Montana: 903 piston singles, 103 piston twins, 101 helicopters, 79 turboprops, 53 business jets. 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 · 5 since 1982, 1 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
- Filed for record purposes only.
- Sport paja on airport.
- Multicom frequency 122.900.
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.