Shelby Airport
SBX · KSBX · Shelby, Montana · Toole County · map
Shelby Airport is a public-use airport owned by Toole County, 2 miles north of Shelby, Montana, 3,443 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,005 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KSBX · observed 3:10 pm MDT (21:10 UTC), 11 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (270°) at 20 knots, gusting to 26
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 32°F (0°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 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 KSBX 062110Z AUTO 27020G26KT 10SM CLR 25/M00 A3003 RMK AO2
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 SBX · ICAO KSBX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Toole County
- Elevation
- 3,443 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1948
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,005 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 3,701 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Cut Bank Rco | 122.2 | Cut Bank · Communications provided by great falls radio on frequency 122.2 (cut bank rco). |
| Sbx and aWOS-3PT | 128.325 | |
| Great Falls Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.4 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 406-434-2542.
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 Shelby from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Shelby, Montana: 11 piston singles, 1 helicopter. 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 · 1 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
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate PAPI runway 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 and 11/29-CTAF.
- Taxiway edges marked with reflectors.
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.