# Great Falls International Airport (GTF / KGTF)

**Great Falls International Airport** (IATA: GTF, ICAO: KGTF) is a medium airport in Great Falls, Montana, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 10,502 ft (3,201 m). In 2025 it handled 374 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GTF / KGTF
- FAA: GTF
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Great Falls, Montana, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 3,680 ft / 1,122 m
- Coordinates: 47.4820, -111.3710
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 10,502 ft / 3,201 m
- Instrument procedures: 11 approaches
- Passengers: 373,971 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://www.gtfairport.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Falls_International_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3456412
- Weather station: KGTF · WMO 72775
- Ident: KGTF

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Great Falls International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 10,502 ft / 3,201 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |
| 17/35 | 6,030 ft / 1,838 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00177AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 400,849 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 354,608 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 343,098 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 354,803 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 350,658 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 160,900 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 268,284 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 283,702 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 356,225 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 373,483 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 373,971 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

6 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [SLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kslc.md) Salt Lake City International Airport · United States · 464 mi / 746 km · Delta Connection
- [SEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksea.md) Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · United States · 511 mi / 822 km · Alaska Airlines
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 623 mi / 1,003 km · United Express
- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 811 mi / 1,305 km · Allegiant Air
- [AZA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiwa.md) Mesa Gateway Airport · United States · 979 mi / 1,576 km · Allegiant Air

### Seasonal (2)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 623 mi / 1,003 km · United Airlines
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 1,207 mi / 1,943 km · United Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from GTF, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (5)

- G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 2
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 2
- AS [Alaska Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alaska-airlines) · 1
- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 1
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 374K (2025) | #1,244 of 3,974 | #285 in North America | #193 in US |
| Longest runway | 10,502 ft / 3,201 m | =802 of 29,858 | #182 in North America | #147 in US |
| Elevation | 3,680 ft / 1,122 m | =4,059 of 43,403 | =2,143 in North America | =1,685 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 128.600 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.600 |
| GND | GND/CLNC DEL | 121.700 |
| OPS | ANG OPS MAINT | 28.890 |
| RDO | RDO | 122.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.700 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [MT76](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mt76.md) Smith Farms Airport · 7.3 mi / 12 km
- [MT33](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mt33.md) Bair Airport · 7.4 mi / 12 km
- [MT49](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mt40.md) Horner Field · 9.0 mi / 15 km
- [1MT7](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1mt7.md) Prill Field · 11 mi / 17 km
- [31MT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/31mt.md) Reverse 5 Bar M Airport · 17 mi / 28 km
- [3MT7](https://dromopedia.com/airports/03mt.md) Cascade Field · 22 mi / 35 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Great Falls International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_Falls_International_Airport&oldid=1368988950), revision of 12 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kgtf/data
