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) and about 23 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 8,400 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Shelby Airport?
Its FAA code is SBX, and its ICAO code is KSBX.
Where is Shelby Airport?
It is 2 miles north of Shelby, Montana, 3,443 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Shelby Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 05/23, is 5,005 feet long.
Does Shelby Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Shelby Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Shelby Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Cut Bank International (20 nm west), Choteau Airport (44 nm south).
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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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 | 17 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| jets | 2 |
| helicopters | 1 |
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 8,400, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 100 |
| general aviation, travelling | 1,000 |
| general aviation, local | 7,050 |
| military | 250 |
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 Shelby from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Shelby, Montana: 10 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Montana.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Shelby 11 aircraft · 10 piston singles, 1 helicopters
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 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 5 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/SBX.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.