Rock Creek Airport
RC0 · Clinton, Montana · Missoula County · map
Rock Creek Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles southeast of Clinton, Montana, 3,547 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 4,100 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Rock Creek Airport?
Its FAA code is RC0.
Where is Rock Creek Airport?
It is 3 miles southeast of Clinton, Montana, 3,547 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Rock Creek Airport?
Its one runway, 07/25, is 4,100 feet long, grass.
Does Rock Creek Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Rock Creek Airport?
1 pilot examiner and 2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RC0
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 3,547 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1958
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 4,100 × 75 ft | Grass, poor |
- Runway 07: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 75 ft high 515 ft from the end
- Runway 25: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 50 ft high 150 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Missoula Montana Airport (21 nm northwest), Ravalli County (34 nm southwest), Deer Lodge-City-County (42 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Stevensville Airport (20 nm southwest), Missoula Montana Airport (21 nm northwest), Lindey'S Landing West Seaplane Base (28 nm north), Ravalli County (34 nm southwest).
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
- Est prior to 1959.
- No SN removal.
- White cones full length of runway.
- Runway 07 + 60 feet sign on runway centerline extdd 515 feet from threshold.
- Tall weeds and clump grass full length of runway.
- Power line crossing 1.3 NM south of airport (605 feet above ground level) 4152 feet above sea level.
- CTN-FENCED area adjacent to northwest end of runway. Trees and trrn in trsn surface both sides of runway.
- Use tie downs on southwest corner of runway; do not park near houses or hngrs.
- Gopher holes
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Clinton from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Clinton, 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Montana.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 2 aviation medical examiners, 3 parachute rigger examiners, 1 training center examiner.
- Timothy Franklin Mead private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Missoula, MT (21 nm) · (406) 499-4321 · [email protected]
All 8 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Clinton 2 aircraft · 1 piston singles, 1 business jets
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- 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/RC0.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.