Great Falls International Airport

Not to be confused with Grand Falls Airport.

Great Falls International Airport

(former Great Falls Army Airfield)
USGS 2006 orthophoto
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGreat Falls International Airport Authority
ServesGreat Falls, Montana
Hub for
Elevation AMSL3,680 ft / 1,122 m
Coordinates47°28′58″N 111°22′14″W / 47.48278°N 111.37056°W / 47.48278; -111.37056
Websitewww.flygtf.com
Map
GTF is located in Montana
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Location of airport in Montana
GTF is located in the United States
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GTF (the United States)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 10,502 3,201 Asphalt
17/35 6,030 1,838 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations34,599
Based aircraft84
Passengers (2019)356,018[3]
KGTF airport diagram
On final approach for Runway 3 at GTF International Airport

Great Falls International Airport (IATA: GTF, ICAO: KGTF, FAA LID: GTF) is a public/military airport in city limits three miles southwest of central Great Falls in Cascade County, Montana, United States.[4] The airport has also been called Great Falls Municipal Airport.

The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.[5] Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 143,811 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[6] 146,438 in 2009 and 155,204 in 2010.[7]

Great Falls International Airport is home to Great Falls Air National Guard Base, which hosts the Montana Air National Guard's 120th Airlift Wing (120 AW), the "Vigilantes." Operationally-gained by Air Mobility Command (AMC), the 120 AW reequipped with the Lockheed C-130 Hercules in 2014, which it employs in medium airlift missions. In its previous incarnation as the 120th Fighter Wing, it previously flew the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle.

Malmstrom Air Force Base, home of the 341st Missile Wing (341 MW) of the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), is 10 miles (16 km) east of GTF, on the east side of Great Falls. With the transfer of its KC-135 aircraft in the 1990s, Malmstrom's 12,000-foot (3,700 m) runway is closed to fixed-wing traffic and open only to military helicopters, so Great Falls ANGB provides support for fixed-wing military aircraft visiting Malmstrom AFB.

  1. ^ "Locations". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Great Falls International Airport - Montana on a budget". Business View Magazine. Business View Publishing. January 7, 2020. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  3. ^ "2019 Montana Boarding Statistics" (PDF). mdt.mt.gov. Montana Department of Transportation. November 20, 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 3, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  4. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for GTF PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective November 2, 2023.
  5. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on October 27, 2012.
  6. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  7. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.