# Fort Benton Airport (79S)

**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).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k79s

## At a glance

- FAA: 79S
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Fort Benton, Montana, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 2,869 ft / 874 m
- Coordinates: 47.8451, -110.6360
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,300 ft / 1,311 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49746341
- Weather station: K79S
- Ident: K79S

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Fort Benton Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 4,300 ft / 1,311 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 062° / 242° | yes |
| 14/32 | 1,700 ft / 518 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Dirt | 152° / 332° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,300 ft / 1,311 m | =8,575 of 29,858 | =3,314 in North America | =2,737 in US |
| Elevation | 2,869 ft / 874 m | #5,841 of 43,403 | #2,873 in North America | #2,212 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k79s/data