# Sand Creek Wildlife Station Airport (MT79)

**Sand Creek Wildlife Station Airport** (FAA: MT79) is a small airport in Roy, Montana, United States. It opened in Jul 1990. It has one runway, 2,600 ft (793 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mt79

## At a glance

- FAA: MT79
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Roy, Montana, United States
- Opened: Jul 1990
- Elevation: 2,940 ft / 896 m
- Coordinates: 47.5842, -108.7090
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,600 ft / 793 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49750517
- Weather station: K1OM
- Ident: MT79

## Timeline

- Jul 1990: Sand Creek Wildlife Station Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,600 ft / 793 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,600 ft / 793 m | =19,572 of 29,858 | =8,307 in North America | =7,090 in US |
| Elevation | 2,940 ft / 896 m | =5,644 of 43,403 | =2,795 in North America | =2,152 in US |
| Age | Opened 1990 | =9,671 of 15,079 | =7,452 in North America | =7,341 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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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/mt79/data