# Yellowstone Airport (WYS / KWYS)

**Yellowstone Airport** (IATA: WYS, ICAO: KWYS) is a medium airport in West Yellowstone, Montana, United States. It opened in Nov 1979. It has one runway, 8,400 ft (2,560 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WYS / KWYS
- FAA: WYS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: West Yellowstone, Montana, United States
- Opened: Nov 1979
- Elevation: 6,649 ft / 2,027 m
- Coordinates: 44.6884, -111.1180
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 8,400 ft / 2,560 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: https://yellowstoneairport.mdt.mt.gov/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8051984
- Weather station: KWYS
- Ident: KWYS

## Timeline

- Nov 1979: Yellowstone Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 8,400 ft / 2,560 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 026° / 206° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Seasonal (2)

- [SLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kslc.md) Salt Lake City International Airport · United States · 273 mi / 439 km · Delta Connection
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 469 mi / 754 km · United Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 1 · seasonal
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 8,400 ft / 2,560 m | =2,186 of 29,858 | =482 in North America | =359 in US |
| Elevation | 6,649 ft / 2,027 m | =676 of 43,403 | =340 in North America | =239 in US |
| Age | Opened 1979 | =7,894 of 15,079 | =5,873 in North America | =5,773 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | SALT LAKE CITY CNTR | 132.400 |
| RDO | GREAT FALLS RDO | 119.400 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [BZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbzn.md) Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport · 75 mi / 121 km
- [JAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjac.md) Jackson Hole Airport · 77 mi / 124 km
- [LVM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klvm.md) Mission Field · 77 mi / 124 km

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #91

## 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Yellowstone Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellowstone_Airport&oldid=1376755506), revision of 26 Sep 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/kwys/data