Edgar G Obie Airport
S71 · Chinook, Montana · Blaine County · map
Edgar G Obie Airport is a public-use airport owned by Blaine CO. Arpt. Comm., 1 mile west of Chinook, Montana, 2,416 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 12 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 3,700 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Edgar G Obie Airport?
Its FAA code is S71.
Where is Edgar G Obie Airport?
It is 1 mile west of Chinook, Montana, 2,416 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Edgar G Obie Airport?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Edgar G Obie Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Edgar G Obie Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Edgar G Obie Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Chinook Flying Club LLC. Compare them
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 S71
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Blaine CO. Arpt. Comm.
- Elevation
- 2,416 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| S71 and aWOS-AV | 118.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-AV), by phone 406-357-3453.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, charter flights, flight instruction
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Havre City-County (21 nm west).
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
- Existed prior to 05/15/59.
- Activate PAPI runway 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 DAWN-DUSK - the common traffic frequency. After dusk medium-intensity runway lights on continuously until dawn.
- Self service credit card 24/7
- 226 feet above ground level smoke stack 1.1 MI from 26 threshold.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 12 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,700, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 300 |
| general aviation, travelling | 400 |
| general aviation, local | 3,000 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chinook from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Chinook, Montana: 7 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.
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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Chinook Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Chinook
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 · 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. 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 Chinook 7 aircraft · 7 piston singles
- Jkc Farm LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Chinook Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Montana 1,119 since 1982 · 164 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 6 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Montana 127 landing places
- Montana 6,044 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/S71.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.