Peterson Ranch Airport
MT77 · Highwood, Montana · Chouteau County · map
Peterson Ranch Airport is a private airport, 5 miles northwest of Highwood, Montana, 3,340 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 2,040 feet of grass.
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 MT77
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 3,340 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- 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
- August 1990
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,040 × 50 ft | Grass | |
| 05/23 | 2,000 × 50 ft | Grass |
- Runway 35: power line 10 ft high 150 ft from the end
- Runway 05: threshold displaced 500 ft, power line 35 ft high 10 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: Great Falls International (20 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Fort Benton Airport (18 nm northeast), Great Falls International (20 nm west), Big Sandy Airport (46 nm northeast).
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 airport is operated in accordance with proponents proposal.
- Runway 05/23 closed indefinitely.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Highwood from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Highwood, Montana: 1 piston single. 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.
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 Highwood 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- 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 6,049 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MT77.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.