Plains Airport
S34 · Plains, Montana · Sanders County · map
Plains Airport is a public-use airport owned by Sanders County, 1 mile northwest of Plains, Montana, 2,467 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 4,650 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA S34
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Sanders County
- Elevation
- 2,467 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,650 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| S34 and aWOS-3PT | 118.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 406-826-5784.
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 Plains from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Plains, Montana: 15 piston singles. 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 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - 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.