Ruby Valley Field
RVF · KRVF · Twin Bridges, Montana · Madison County · map
Ruby Valley Field is a public-use airport owned by Madison CO, 2 miles southeast of Twin Bridges, Montana, 4,789 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 6,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 14 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 2,750 takeoffs and landings a year. About 8 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KRVF · observed 5:10 pm MDT (23:10 UTC), 22 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 23°F (-5°C)
- Altimeter 30.15 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KRVF 062310Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 26/M05 A3015 RMK A01
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RVF · ICAO KRVF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Madison CO
- Elevation
- 4,789 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 6,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 2,866 × 100 ft | Grass and dirt, good |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Rvf and aWOS-3PT | 119.025 | |
| Bozeman and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.4 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 406-684-5285.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 2,750, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Twin Bridges from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Twin Bridges, Montana: 7 piston singles, 2 business jets, 1 turboprop. 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 · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate PAPI runway 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Deer and antelope on and in the vicinity of airport.
- 195 feet tall tower 1.4 NM 'NE' of runway 17 threshold.
- Afld surface condition unmonitored.
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.