# Yellowstone Seaplane Base (8M3)

**Yellowstone Seaplane Base** (FAA: 8M3) is a seaplane base in West Yellowstone, Montana, United States. It opened in Jan 2019. It has one runway, 12,007 ft (3,660 m) long, water.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-1087

## At a glance

- FAA: 8M3
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: West Yellowstone, Montana, United States
- Opened: Jan 2019
- Elevation: 6,534 ft / 1,992 m
- Coordinates: 44.8300, -111.2875
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 12,007 ft / 3,660 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74843986
- Weather station: KWYS
- Ident: US-1087

## Timeline

- Jan 2019: Yellowstone Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13W/31W | 12,007 ft / 3,660 m | 3,000 ft / 914 m | Water |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [WYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kwys.md) Yellowstone Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [BZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbzn.md) Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport · 66 mi / 106 km
- [LVM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klvm.md) Mission Field · 73 mi / 117 km
- [JAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjac.md) Jackson Hole Airport · 89 mi / 143 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/us-1087/data