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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card 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 |
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: Helena Regional (34 nm south), Great Falls International (36 nm northeast), Choteau Airport (40 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Helena Regional (34 nm south), Great Falls International (36 nm northeast), Choteau Airport (40 nm north).
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 VFR operations only.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lightss runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Helena from the FAA register
536 aircraft are registered to owners in Helena, Montana: 358 piston singles, 53 helicopters, 36 turboprops, 34 piston twins, 34 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Montana.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Helena, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Charter operators and airlines based in Helena:
- Corporate Aircraft Management Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate
- Aviation Charter Services LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Happy Trails Flight Training and Charter LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Happy Trails Flight Training and Charter LLC offers flight training in Helena, Montana, including private pilot, instrument pilot, and commercial pilot certification courses.
- Piedmont Air Inc 1 aircraft on the certificate Piedmont Air Services, based in Helena, Montana, operates charter flights and flightseeing tours throughout Montana and adjacent states.
Repair stations in Helena:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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 Helena 536 aircraft · 358 piston singles, 53 helicopters, 36 turboprops
- State of Montana 12 aircraft in town
- Usda Forest Service Fepp 9 aircraft in town
- Wpp Nautical LLC 7 aircraft in town
- Papa Leasing LLC 5 aircraft in town
- National Aero Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Corporate Aircraft Management Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Aviation Charter Services LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Happy Trails Flight Training and Charter LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Piedmont Air Inc 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Leading Edge Montana, LLC · repair station
- 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/MT86.json.
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 27, 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.