Cut Bank Municipal Airport Explained

Cut Bank Municipal Airport
Iata:CTB
Icao:KCTB
Faa:CTB
Type:Public
Owner:Cut Bank and Glacier County
City-Served:Cut Bank, Montana
Location:Glacier County, near Cut Bank, Montana
Elevation-F:3,858
Elevation-M:1,175
Website:CutbankAirport.org
Pushpin Map:Montana
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location
Pushpin Label:KCTB
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
R1-Number:5/23
R1-Length-F:5,300
R1-Length-M:1,615
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:14/32
R2-Length-F:5,300
R2-Length-M:1,615
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2023
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (year ending 7/27/2023
Stat1-Data:8,250
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:18
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Cut Bank Municipal Airport is three miles southwest of Cut Bank, in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is owned by Cut Bank and Glacier County.

The airport's website calls it Cut Bank International Airport. Its first flight was on 1 June 1941.[2]

Facilities

Cut Bank Municipal Airport covers 1730acres at an elevation of 3,858 feet (1,176 m). It has two asphalt runways: 5/23 is 5,300 by 75 feet (1,615 x 23 m) and 14/32 is 5,300 by 75 feet (1,615 x 23 m).

In the year ending July 27, 2023, the airport had 8,250 aircraft operations, average 23 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi and 2% military. 18 aircraft were then based at the airport: 17 single-engine, and 1 multi-engine.

History

Cut Bank Municipal Airport and Army Air Force Base
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Valier Hwy., Cut Bank, Montana
Coordinates:48.6075°N -112.3663°W
Built:1942
Builder:Army Corps of Engineers; et.al.
Architecture:WWII Temporary Bldgs.
Added:January 29, 2008
Area:1460acres
Refnum:07001494

During World War II Cut Bank Army Air Field was used by the Second Air Force as an auxiliary heavy bomber training airfield, being controlled by Great Falls Army Air Base. Several squadrons of groups training at Great Falls in B-17 Flying Fortresses trained at Cut Bank. Known squadrons were:

During the Cold War Cut Bank AFB was an interceptor base, part of Air Defense Command.

The Cut Bank Municipal Airport and Army Air Force Base, on Valier Highway in Cut Bank, Montana was built in 1942. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. The listing included eight contributing buildings, 27 contributing structures, and four contributing sites on 1460acres.

It was built by the Army Corps of Engineers and includes World War II temporary buildings. It has also been known as Cut Bank International Airport.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. , effective December 28, 2023.
  2. Web site: Airport History. Cut Bank Airport. November 26, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111008002951/http://www.cutbankairport.org/about/airport-history/. October 8, 2011.
  3. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cut Bank Municipal Airport and Army Air Force Base / Cut Bank International Airport ]. National Park Service. Roy Nolkamper, Bob Jacoby, and Dennis Seglem . June 2007 . August 12, 2017.