Yellowstone Airport
WYS · KWYS · West Yellowstone, Montana · Gallatin County · map
Yellowstone Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Montana, 1 mile north of West Yellowstone, Montana, 6,649 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 8,400 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KWYS · observed 3:55 pm MDT (21:55 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (230°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 27°F (-3°C)
- Altimeter 30.25 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:20 am MDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KWYS 062155Z AUTO 23011KT 10SM CLR 23/M03 A3025 RMK AO2
TAF KWYS 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB03KT P6SM FEW250
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 WYS · ICAO KWYS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Montana
- Elevation
- 6,649 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to October, every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1979
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 8,400 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Wys and aWOS-3P | 118.1 | |
| Bozeman and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.4 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone (406) 646-7727.
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 West Yellowstone from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in West Yellowstone, Montana: 9 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 · 6 since 1982, 2 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
- Snow removal NA. winter snowmobile act on and in the vicinity of of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 01; runway end identifier lights runway 19; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 01 and 19 operates continuously. Not available 31 OCT- 7 may.
- Turbine pwrd landing fee.
- Weather dependent.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -19C.
- Condition unmnt 5:00 pm to 8:00 am.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.