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KS27 · Kalispell City Airport

ICAO · US · 21 NTSB events

ID KS27 FAA S27 Elev 2,932 ft Lat 48° 10.72' N Lon 114° 18.24' 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: 3,600 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
13 142° 3,600 ft 60 ft ASP Yes —
31 322° 3,600 ft 60 ft ASP Yes —

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 · 2 frequencies

  • RDO GREAT FALLS RDO 122.500
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.800

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KS27 on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 1 matched · 3 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 LIRL RWY 13/31. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate LIRL RWY 13/31. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

All translated remarks (1)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate LIRL RWY 13/31. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    ACTVT LIRL RWY 13/31 - CTAF

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (3 sentences)
  • ·ULTRALIGHTS, PAJA & BLN ACT ON & INVOF ARPT. 400 FT UNLGTD TWR 3 MI E. 406-531-1594 UNLGTD.
  • ·LGTD THR RELOCATED FOR NIGHT OPS; 3445 FT OF RWY 13/31 LGTD AT NIGHT.
  • ·TWO 80 FT POLES 1400 FT FM RWY END 150 FT R & 520 FT R OF CNTRLN; TWO 80 FT POLES 1650 FT FM RWY END 15 FT R & 385 FT R OF CNTRLN; 15:1 APCH SLOPE. 48 FT TREE 150 FT FM END OF RWY 120 FT L OF CNTRLN.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

NTSB events

21 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

22

since 1982

Fatal

3

13.6% of total

Last 5 years

1

≈ 0.2/yr

Last 10 years

2

≈ 0.2/yr

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 41,400 ops in 2008

2024 total

28,000

10-yr total

293,400

2024 mix

AC/AT 18% · GA 79% · Mil 4%

Events / million ops

6.8

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.93

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=2

  • Loss of control 1
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1

All time · n=21

  • Loss of control 4
  • Stall / spin 4
  • Engine failure / power loss 4
  • Other 3
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 2
  • Gear-up landing 1
  • Ground collision 1
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1

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

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2012-02-04 Piper PA-28R-201T · Engine failure · day →
2010-06-27 Piper PA-28R-180 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2008-02-17 Piper PA-32-300 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2025-08-11 Socata TBM 700 · CFIT · VMC · day →
2019-11-11 Cessna 195 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2015-08-19 Cessna 172N · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2013-11-26 QUAD CITY ULTRALIGHT ACFT CORP CHALLENGER II · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2013-04-25 Bell BHT407 · Loss of control · day →
2012-02-20 Enstrom F28 · Engine failure · day →
2008-07-08 Cessna 150F · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2004-08-29 Beech C35 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
1999-06-19 Cessna 180G · Weather · VMC · day →
1998-07-18 McCarty AVID MAGNUM · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1996-06-08 Cessna 180 · Other · VMC · day →
1992-05-14 Bellanca 8KCAB · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1990-08-19 Piper PA-30-160 · Ground collision · night →
1985-07-20 Cessna 170B · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1985-06-05 Beech V35B · Gear-up · day →
1985-02-14 Cessna 152 · Other · VMC · day →
1984-06-16 Cessna T-206 · Other · VMC · day →
1983-11-21 Cessna 170B · Weather · day →

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
Perry Lee Brown Kalispell MT 2 nm
James Heckman Whitefish MT 16 nm
Michelle Marie Petrina Whitefish MT 16 nm
Ryan Baer Missoula MT 79 nm
Timothy Franklin Mead Missoula MT 79 nm
Kevin Walter Rothfus Hayden ID 103 nm
Douglas Glen Belcher Newman Lake WA 114 nm
Jared Ryan Testa Spokane Valley WA 122 nm
David Lucio Valenti Spokane WA 130 nm
Jay Daniel Bigley Spokane WA 130 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
Rodney Duane Bitney Kalispell MT 2 nm
Frank William Hale Kalispell MT 2 nm
David Joe Hoerner Kalispell MT 2 nm
Mark Kennedy Mulder Kalispell MT 2 nm
Van Allen Robinson Kalispell MT 2 nm
Harold Lee Sturdevant Jr Kalispell MT 2 nm
Christopher Lea Morton Kalispell MT 2 nm
Shawn Allen Zimmerman Kalispell MT 2 nm
Leroy Scott Keller Ii Kalispell MT 2 nm
Timothy Gale Stolt Kalispell MT 2 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
Thomas Alexander Frazier Kalispell MT 2 nm
Henry Morss Galpin Kalispell MT 2 nm
Kathie Anne Payne Kalispell MT 2 nm
Gary Vernon Haines Kalispell MT 2 nm
Mathew John Kysar Kalispell MT 2 nm
George Charles Beran Kalispell MT 2 nm
Michael Dean Cochran Kalispell MT 2 nm
Stephen Lane Hamilton Kalispell MT 2 nm
Jonathon James Long Kalispell MT 2 nm
David R Munter Kalispell MT 2 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
 76 nm
Montana Aviation Maintenance, LLC
Cut Bank, MT
 81 nm
Advanced Avionics Solutions, LLC
Hayden, ID
 104 nm
Dustin's Aircraft Maintenance and Upholstery
Great Falls, MT
 127 nm
Huey's Aviation Painting
Colville, WA
 145 nm
JL Aerospace
Three Forks, MT
 178 nm
Pristine Jets
Belgrade, MT
 193 nm
Million Air Bozeman
Belgrade, MT
 194 nm
McCormick Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Yakima, WA
 271 nm
Skyline Aircraft Maintenance
Nampa, ID
 291 nm

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