Melody Ranch Airport
WY31 · Jackson, Wyoming · Teton County · map
Melody Ranch Airport is a private airport, 4 miles south of Jackson, Wyoming, 6,075 feet above sea level. Its one runway, NW/SE, is 1,800 feet of grass and dirt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WY31
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 6,075 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1961
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW/SE | 1,800 × 75 ft | Grass and dirt |
- Runway SE: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Jackson Hole Airport (12 nm north), Alpine Airport (18 nm southwest), Driggs/Reed Memorial (24 nm northwest), Afton Lincoln County/General Boyd L Eddins Field (43 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Jackson Hole Airport (12 nm north), Alpine Airport (18 nm southwest), Driggs/Reed Memorial (24 nm northwest), Afton Lincoln County/General Boyd L Eddins Field (43 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 Wyoming · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Filed for record purposes only.
- Traffic pattern to west of airport to avoid trrn.
- Cutter gates at north end of runway; 12' above runway elev.
- (03) no snow removalduring winter
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Jackson from the FAA register
102 aircraft are registered to owners in Jackson, Wyoming: 61 piston singles, 15 business jets, 8 helicopters, 5 turboprops, 5 balloons. 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 Wyoming.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Jackson:
- Teton County Sheriff'S Office 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Wind River Air, LLC. 1 aircraft on the certificate Wind River Air, LLC is a helicopter operator based in Bondurant, Wyoming, providing heli-destination adventures, scenic tours, charter flights, and utility services across western Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, and Montana.
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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Jackson 102 aircraft · 61 piston singles, 15 business jets, 8 helicopters
- Yellowstone Aviation INC 11 aircraft in town
- Wyoming Balloon CO 5 aircraft in town
- Pacific Marine Leasing LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Dog Is My Copilot INC 3 aircraft in town
- Teton County Sheriff'S Office 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Wind River Air, LLC. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Accidents and incidents in Wyoming 778 since 1982 · 109 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Wyoming 42 landing places
- Wyoming 3,235 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/WY31.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 November 3, 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.