Bar E Airport
MT86 · Helena, Montana · Lewis and Clark County · map
Bar E Airport is a private airport owned by Dearborn Ranch, LLC, 34 miles northwest of Helena, Montana, 4,090 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 4,975 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MT86
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Dearborn Ranch, LLC
- Elevation
- 4,090 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2002
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 4,975 × 50 ft | Asphalt | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: non-standard approach lights, hill 300 ft high 2,500 ft from the end
- Runway 22: non-standard approach lights, hill 300 ft high 2,500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lightss runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency |
Aircraft registered in Helena from the FAA register
538 aircraft are registered to owners in Helena, Montana: 360 piston singles, 53 helicopters, 36 turboprops, 35 piston twins, 33 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
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 VFR operations only.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lightss runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency
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.