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
- 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
- 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
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Montana.
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
- Provided airport is operated in accordance with proponents proposal.
- Runway 05/23 closed indefinitely.
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.