Sand Creek Wildlife Station
MT79 · Roy, Montana · Fergus County · map
Sand Creek Wildlife Station is a private airport owned by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 18 miles northeast of Roy, Montana, 2,940 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,600 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MT79
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Elevation
- 2,940 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1990
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2,600 × 50 ft | Grass |
Aircraft registered in Roy from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Roy, Montana: 1 piston single, 1 business jet. 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
- Filed for record purposes only.
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.