79S

Fort Benton Airport

FAA 79S47.8451°N 110.6360°W2,869 ft / 874 mSmall airport
On the map

Fort Benton Airport (FAA: 79S) is a small airport in Fort Benton, Montana, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,300 ft (1,311 m).

Timeline

1 event · 1940–1940
APR 1940
OpenedFort Benton Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Taylor Aviation
05/23062° / 242° · LIT
LENGTH4,300 ft1,311 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt
14/32152° / 332°
LENGTH1,700 ft518 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEDirt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway4,300 ft1,311 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=8,572of 29,823 · =3,313 North America · =2,736 USElevation2,869 ft874 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#5,837of 43,341 · #2,869 North America · #2,208 USAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =366 North America · =338 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

1 channels
UNICCTAF/UNICOM122.800