# Fort Harrison Army Airfield (MT15)

**Fort Harrison Army Airfield** (FAA: MT15) is a small airport in Helena, Montana, United States. It opened in Apr 1978. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,185 ft (666 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mt15

## At a glance

- FAA: MT15
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Helena, Montana, United States
- Opened: Apr 1978
- Elevation: 4,069 ft / 1,240 m
- Coordinates: 46.6247, -112.1109
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,185 ft / 666 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Harrison_Army_Airfield (1 language)
- Weather station: KHLN · WMO 72772
- Ident: MT15

## Timeline

- Apr 1978: Fort Harrison Army Airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,185 ft / 666 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |
| 10/28 | 1,840 ft / 561 m | 97 ft / 30 m | Grass |  |  |

- 05/23 slopes 3.0%: threshold 23 at 4,003 ft / 1,220 m, threshold 05 at 4,069 ft / 1,240 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,185 ft / 666 m | =23,360 of 29,858 | =11,118 in North America | =9,713 in US |
| Elevation | 4,069 ft / 1,240 m | =3,406 of 43,403 | =1,827 in North America | =1,453 in US |
| Age | Opened 1978 | =7,719 of 15,079 | =5,716 in North America | =5,618 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| OPS | HELENA ARNG OPS | 40.650 |

## Nearby airports

- [39MT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/39mt.md) Flying E Ranch Airport · 1.8 mi / 2.9 km
- [MT06](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mt06.md) Duncan Airport · 4.8 mi / 7.8 km
- [MT83](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mt83.md) Ten Mile Airport · 4.9 mi / 8.0 km
- [40MT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/40mt.md) Silver Creek Airport · 6.0 mi / 9.7 km
- [HLN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khln.md) Helena Regional Airport · 6.2 mi / 10.0 km
- [30MT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/30mt.md) Nistler Helena Airport · 7.1 mi / 11 km

## 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/mt15/data