Yellowstone Airport

This article is about the airport in West Yellowstone, Montana. For the airport in Cody, Wyoming, see Yellowstone Regional Airport. For the airport in Belgrade, Montana, see Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.
Yellowstone Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Montana
ServesWest Yellowstone, Montana
Elevation AMSL6,649 ft / 2,027 m
Coordinates44°41′18″N 111°07′04″W / 44.68833°N 111.11778°W / 44.68833; -111.11778
Websiteyellowstoneairport.mdt.mt.gov
Map
WYS is located in Montana
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WYS
Location of airport in Montana
WYS is located in the United States
WYS
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WYS (the United States)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 8,400 2,560 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations11,105

Yellowstone Airport (IATA: WYS, ICAO: KWYS, FAA LID: WYS) is a state-owned public-use airport located adjacent to U.S. 191/U.S. 287 one nautical mile (2 km) north of the central business district of West Yellowstone, a town in Gallatin County, Montana, United States. Although only open from June through September, commercial passenger service is available during those months. Scheduled airline service is subsidized by the federal Essential Air Service (EAS) program.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 4,186 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 4,331 enplanements in 2009, and 4,451 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).[4]

The town of West Yellowstone is located near the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park. The airport should not be confused with Yellowstone Regional Airport in Cody, Wyoming or Yellowstone International Airport between Belgrade and Bozeman, Montana, which are 104 miles (167 km) and 88 miles (144 km), respectively, from this airport and about 53 miles (85 km) from the east entrance of Yellowstone National Park (Yellowstone Regional) and about 88 miles (142 km) from the north entrance or west entrance (Yellowstone International). In the past, the Official Airline Guide (OAG) referred to the Yellowstone Airport in its scheduled airline flight listings as West Yellowstone (WYS).[5]

  1. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for WYS PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 17, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  4. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  5. ^ Aug. 1, 1995 OAG North American Pocket Flight Guide, West Yellowstone flight schedules, page 492