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KMSO · Missoula Montana Airport

ICAO · US · 32 NTSB events

ID KMSO FAA MSO Elev 3,206 ft Lat 46° 54.95' N Lon 114° 5.47' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 9,501 ft. Max gradient: 0.14%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
12 130° 9,501 ft 150 ft ASP Yes 0.14%
30 310° 9,501 ft 150 ft ASP Yes 0.14%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 7 frequencies

  • ATIS ATIS 126.650
  • GND GND 121.900
  • TWR TWR 118.400
  • CTAF CTAF 118.400
  • A/D SPOKANE APP/DEP 124.900
  • RDO GREAT FALLS RDO 122.450
  • UNIC UNICOM 122.950

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KMSO on LiveATC ↗

  • NDB INE

    Konna

    0.52 MHz · LO · MEDIUM

  • VOR-DME MSO

    Missoula

    112.80 MHz · DME 112.80 · LO · MEDIUM

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 3 matched · 19 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 12; PAPI Rwy 30; MIRL Rwy 08–26; HIRL Rwy 12–30. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 12; PAPI Rwy 30; MIRL Rwy 08–26; HIRL Rwy 12–30. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (3)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 12; PAPI Rwy 30; MIRL Rwy 08–26; HIRL Rwy 12–30. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    ACTVT MALSR Rwy 12; PAPI Rwy 30; MIRL Rwy 08–26; HIRL Rwy 12–30—CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    Migratory & small bird actvty on & invof arpt year round.

  • Landing fee in effect. Contact FBO or airport ops for current rates.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · advisory

    Ldg fee

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (19 sentences)
  • ·MONTANA 133 MISSOULA MONTANA (MSO)(KMSO) 4 NW UTC–7(–6DT) N46º54.98´ W114º05.43´ 3206 B Class I, ARFF Index C NOTAM FILE MSO RWY 12–30: H9501X150 (ASPH–GRVD) S–145, D–170, 2D–255 PCR 730 F/D/X/T HIRL RWY 12: MALSR.
  • ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 55´.
  • ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 50´.
  • ·RVR–R RWY 08–26: H4612X75 (ASPH–GRVD) S–30, D–50 PCR 175 F/D/X/T MIRL
  • ·RWY 08: TORA–4612 TODA–4612 ASDA–4612 LDA–4612 RWY 12: TORA–9501 TODA–9501 ASDA–9501 LDA–9501 RWY 26: TORA–4612 TODA–4612 ASDA–4612 LDA–4612 RWY 30: TORA–9501 TODA–9501 ASDA–9501 LDA–9501
  • ·Cold temperature airport.
  • ·Altitude correction required at or below –11C.
  • ·Hang glider ops, paraglider act 5.5 NM east of AER 30.
  • ·Ctc arpt mgr to req apvl prior to ultralight ops.
  • ·Rwy 12–30 180º turns for acft over 12,500 lbs GWT prohibited on all movement areas.
  • ·Avoid locked turns at all times.
  • ·Twy G btn Rwy 08 end to Rwy 12–30 rstd to acft under 12,500 lbs.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 406-728-4381
  • ·CTAF 118.4 ATIS 126.65 (406–549–2989) UNICOM 122.95 ®SPOKANE APP/DEP CON 124.9 (1400–0620Z‡) ®SALT LAKE CENTER APP/DEP CON 127.075 (0620–1400Z‡) MILLER PEAK RCO 122.2 (GREAT FALLS RADIO) TOWER 118.4 (1300–0500Z‡) GND CON 121.9
  • ·CLASS D svc 1300–0500Z‡; other times CLASS E.
  • ·(VL) (L) VORW/DME 112.8 MSO Chan 75 N46º54.48´ W114º05.02´ at fld. 3202/13E.
  • ·VOR unusable: 047º–067º byd 30 NM 067º–086º byd 30 NM blo 14,000´ 086º–120º byd 27 NM blo 13,000´ 086º–120º byd 36 NM blo 14,000´ 086º–154º byd 20 NM blo 11,000´ 120º–154º byd 35 NM blo 13,000´ 172º–227º byd 25 NM 227º–247º byd 20 NM blo 12,000´ 227º–247º byd 30 NM 228º–335º byd 40 NM 247º–262º byd 30 NM blo 12,000´ 262º–277º byd 30 NM blo 10,000´ 297º–347º byd 30 NM 347º–047º byd 10 NM 349º–359º 360º–157º byd 40 NM DME unusable: 047º–067º byd 30 NM 067º–086º byd 30 NM blo 14,000´ 086º–120º byd 27 NM blo 14,000´ 086º–120º byd 39 NM 086º–154º byd 20 NM blo 11,000´ 120º–154º byd 35 NM blo 13,000´ 172º–227º byd 25 NM 227º–247º byd 20 NM blo 12,000´ 227º–247º byd 30 NM 247º–262º byd 30 NM blo 12,000´ 262º–277º byd 30 NM blo 10,000´ 297º–347º byd 30 NM 347º–047º byd 10 NM ILS 109.3 I–MSO Rwy 12.
  • ·LOC unusable byd 29º left of course byd 30º right of course.
  • ·MULLAN PASS MLP N47º27.42´ W115º38.77´/6028 ASOS 135.475 (208) 744–1721 GREAT FALLS H–1D, L–13C IAP, AD GREAT FALLS H–1D, L–13B NW, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

Yes

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FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

32 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

33

since 1982

Fatal

4

12.1% of total

Last 5 years

4

≈ 0.8/yr

Last 10 years

6

≈ 0.6/yr

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 71,704 ops in 1993

2024 total

43,580

10-yr total

394,083

2024 mix

AC/AT 34% · GA 64% · Mil 2%

Events / million ops

15.2

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

1.85

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=6

  • Stall / spin 2
  • Gear-up landing 2
  • Loss of control 1
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1

All time · n=32

  • Other 11
  • Loss of control 5
  • Stall / spin 4
  • Gear-up landing 4
  • Runway excursion 2
  • Engine failure / power loss 2
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1
  • Hard landing 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2021-07-01 Cessna 172R · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2014-04-04 Bell 206B III · Other · VMC · day →
2010-07-01 Cessna 180 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2005-05-12 Cessna 152TW · Other · VMC · day →
2024-03-01 BRITISH AEROSPACE,McDonnell Douglas BAE 146 SERIES 200A,DC-9-87 · Stall / spin →
2022-06-27 JAMES C GEYMAN RV-9A · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
2021-07-09 Cessna T210 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2019-12-28 Cessna 170 · Loss of control · day →
2016-10-13 SHORT BROS SD3 60 SHERPA · Gear-up · day →
2015-10-14 BUCKER JUNGMEISTER BU 133 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2008-06-14 Robinson R44 II · Other · VMC · day →
2006-11-25 Cessna 152 · Runway excursion · IMC · day →
2005-06-21 Cessna 320E · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2003-12-22 Beech 58P · Gear-up · IMC · night →
2002-08-16 Cessna 120 · Other · VMC · day →
2000-09-22 Beech B99 · Gear-up · night →
1998-10-17 Beech 99 · Stall / spin · VMC · night →
1997-11-06 Cessna 150H · Ground collision · day →
1994-01-11 Piper PA-18-150 · Loss of control · day →
1991-12-26 Piper PA-24-250 · Other · IMC · night →
1991-12-01 Swearingen SA-227-AC · Other · IMC · night →
1988-06-26 Bell 206B3 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
1987-05-03 Piper PA-22-150 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
1987-03-18 Piper,Swearingen PA-31-350,SA-226TC · Other · night →
1986-01-27 Bell 206L-1 · Loss of control · day →
1985-12-09 Cessna 172P · Other · VMC · day →
1985-07-22 Cessna 182P · Runway excursion · day →
1985-07-17 Cessna 170B · Hard landing · VMC · day →
1984-09-30 Cessna 152 · Other · day →
1984-09-21 Beech V35 · Weather · day →
1982-09-18 Cessna 150M · Other · night-moonlit →
1982-04-06 Cessna 320F · Other · IMC · night →

NASA ASRS reports · 1 de-identified report in the public ASRS Database Report Sets

Voluntary first-person accounts; they represent the reporter's perspective and cannot infer prevalence.

Designees in MT

CFI Flight Instructors 508 A&P Mechanics 1,200 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 20 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 3 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 5 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 1 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 4 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 1 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 2 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 19 Schools Flight Schools 22 FBO Fixed Base Operators 44 Clubs Flying Clubs 11 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 6 EAA EAA Chapters 8

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Ryan Baer Missoula MT 4 nm
Timothy Franklin Mead Missoula MT 4 nm
Perry Lee Brown Kalispell MT 79 nm
Abraham Lloyd Fandrich Clancy MT 90 nm
James Heckman Whitefish MT 92 nm
Michelle Marie Petrina Whitefish MT 92 nm
Kevin Walter Rothfus Hayden ID 122 nm
Douglas Glen Belcher Newman Lake WA 132 nm
Jared Ryan Testa Spokane Valley WA 136 nm
David Lucio Valenti Spokane WA 143 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Harry Edwin Andersen Missoula MT 4 nm
Bruce Henry Doering Missoula MT 4 nm
Harry George Laforge Jr Missoula MT 4 nm
Joseph John Sannella Missoula MT 4 nm
Michael Odom Schwartz Missoula MT 4 nm
David Paul Stickler Missoula MT 4 nm
Lawrence Glenn Waldman Missoula MT 4 nm
James Gordon Walker Missoula MT 4 nm
Kenneth Gayle Fielding Missoula MT 4 nm
Charles Joseph Bouis Iii Missoula MT 4 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Harry Edwin Andersen Missoula MT 4 nm
Bruce Henry Doering Missoula MT 4 nm
Michael Maurice Mamuzich Missoula MT 4 nm
Everett Lowell Reynolds Missoula MT 4 nm
James Gordon Walker Missoula MT 4 nm
Joseph Dean Featherly Missoula MT 4 nm
Clifford Connell Lynn Missoula MT 4 nm
Matthew Michael Melvin Missoula MT 4 nm
Edmond Alexander Lehuta Missoula MT 4 nm
Claude Allen Taylor Missoula MT 4 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Pristine Jets
Missoula, MT
 1 nm
JL Aerospace
Three Forks, MT
 122 nm
Dustin's Aircraft Maintenance and Upholstery
Great Falls, MT
 122 nm
Advanced Avionics Solutions, LLC
Hayden, ID
 122 nm
Montana Aviation Maintenance, LLC
Cut Bank, MT
 123 nm
Pristine Jets
Belgrade, MT
 140 nm
Million Air Bozeman
Belgrade, MT
 140 nm
Huey's Aviation Painting
Colville, WA
 182 nm
Skyline Aircraft Maintenance
Nampa, ID
 225 nm
McCormick Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Yakima, WA
 266 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.