Petty Creek Mountain Ranch Airport
MT81 · Alberton, Montana · Missoula County · map
Petty Creek Mountain Ranch Airport is a private airport owned by Petty Creek Mountain Ranch LLC, 6 miles south of Alberton, Montana, 3,519 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,138 feet of grass and dirt.
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 MT81
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Petty Creek Mountain Ranch LLC
- Elevation
- 3,519 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- July 2020
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,138 × 25 ft | Grass and dirt |
- Runway 16: right-hand traffic pattern
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: Missoula Montana Airport (15 nm east), Plains Airport (38 nm northwest), Ravalli County (42 nm south), Ronan Airport (42 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Missoula Montana Airport (15 nm east), Mineral County (22 nm northwest), Stevensville Airport (29 nm southeast), St. Ignatius Airport (29 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Alberton from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Alberton, MT as the owner's town.
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
- 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 6,045 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MT81.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 29, 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.