Montana
0 Arrows and 56 Beacons

These are arranged by airway and C.A.M. routes.

Light green indicates that it is one of the 17 original beacons still in use.

Photo from Google Earth Yellow outline highlights the arrow shape	Arrow and Beacon Photos	Site Location
Contract Air Mail Route #26 Salt Lake-Great Falls airway
	Considered a Montana beacon even though it is 34 feet inside of the Idaho border. We also have this site listed in Idaho. One of 8 beacons that the FAA retained 1966. Legally transfered to the Montana Aeronautics Commission in 1977.	26 SL-GF Monida Pass Idaho: Clark County CAM #26 Great Falls-Salt Lake City Salt Lake-Great Falls airway Pocotella-Great Falls section National Parks Airways National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet PZ0637 gps: 44.558610, -112.288459 26 SL-GF Monida Pass Website
		27B SL-GF Dell DOCILF Montana: Beaverhead County CAM #26 Great Falls-Salt Lake City Salt Lake-Great Falls airway Pocotella-Great Falls section National Parks Airways gps: 44.732667, -112.714926 27B SL-GF Dell Website
	Selected by the Montana Aeronautics Commission to remain in operation,after it was decommissioned by the FAA in January 1966.	30 SL-GF Dalys / Canyon Resort Montana: Beaverhead County CAM #26 Great Falls-Salt Lake City Salt Lake-Great Falls airway Pocotella-Great Falls section National Parks Airways gps: 45.070285, -112.810795 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet QY0531 30 SL-GF Dalys / Canyon Resort Website
		32 SL-GF Dillion DOCILF / Beaverhead County Airport Montana: Beaverhead County CAM #26 Great Falls-Salt Lake City Salt Lake-Great Falls airway Salt Lake-Pocotella section National Parks Airways gps: 45.252552, -112.554382 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet QY0516 32 SL-GF Dillion DOCILF / Beaverhead County Airport Website
		34 SL-GF Twin Bridges Montana: Madison County CAM #26 Great Falls-Salt Lake City Salt Lake-Great Falls airway Pocotella-Great Falls section National Parks Airways gps: 45.622639, -112.277733 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet QY0497
	One of 8 beacons that the FAA retained 1966. Legally transfered to the Montana Aeronautics Commission about 1979.	36F SL-GF Homestake Pass Montana: Silver Bow County CAM #26 Great Falls-Salt Lake City Salt Lake-Great Falls airway Pocotella-Great Falls section National Parks Airways gps: 45.908223, -112.415634 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet QY0505
	Known as Butte Municipal Airport from its opening in 1926 and then as Silver Bow County Airport from 1960-1972. In 1972, the airport name was changed to honor Bert Mooney, the first to fly mail into Yellowstone National Park in 1935.	37 SL-GF Bert Mooney Airport Montana: Silver Bow County CAM #26 Great Falls-Salt Lake City Salt Lake-Great Falls airway Pocotella-Great Falls section National Parks Airways gps: 45.953774, -112.502136 37 SL-GF Bert Mooney National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet QY0504
	Selected by the Montana Aeronautics Commission to remain in operation,after it was decommissioned by the FAA in January 1966.	SL-GF Ratio Mountan / Whitetail Montana: Jefferson County CAM #26 Great Falls-Salt Lake City Salt Lake-Great Falls airway Pocotella-Great Falls section National Parks Airways gps: 46.079891, -112.140144 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet RX0900
		Helena Municipal Montana: Lewis and Clark County CAM #26 Great Falls-Salt Lake City Salt Lake-Great Falls airway Pocotella-Great Falls section National Parks Airways gps: 46.602368, -111.994457
	Selected by the Montana Aeronautics Commission to remain in operation,after it was decommissioned by the FAA in January 1966.	43 SL-GF Stoney Point Montana: Lewis and Clark County CAM #26 Great Falls-Salt Lake City Salt Lake-Great Falls airway Pocotella-Great Falls section National Parks Airways gps: 46.853737, -111.947872 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet RW0489
		44 SL-GF Wolf Creek Montana: Lewis and Clark County CAM #26 Great Falls-Salt Lake City Salt Lake-Great Falls airway Pocotella-Great Falls section National Parks Airways gps: 47.018471, -111.963222
	Selected by the Montana Aeronautics Commission to remain in operation,after it was decommissioned by the FAA in January 1966.	45 SL-GF Hardy Montana: Cascade County CAM #26 Great Falls-Salt Lake City Salt Lake-Great Falls airway Pocotella-Great Falls section National Parks Airways gps: 47.180643, -111.795034
Northern Transcontinental Airway (Seattle-Helena airway)
	One of 8 beacons that the FAA retained 1966. Legally transfered to the Montana Aeronautics Commission about 1975.	S-H Mullen Pass Montana: Shoshone County Northern Transcontinental Airway Seattle-Helena airway Northwest Airlines gps: 47.479835, -115.669938
	Selected by the Montana Aeronautics Commission to remain in operation,after it was decommissioned by the FAA in January 1966.	S-H St. Regis Montana: Mineral County Northern Transcontinental Airway Seattle-Helena Northwest Airlines gps: 47.287258, -115.050470 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet SU1122
	Selected by the Montana Aeronautics Commission to remain in operation,after it was decommissioned by the FAA in January 1966.	S-H Alberton Montana: Missoula County Northern Transcontinental Airway Seattle-Helena Northwest Airlines gps: 47.028297, -114.470372
	Beacon on control tower.	Missoula Airport Montana: Missoula County Northern Transcontinental Airway Seattle-Helena Northwest Airlines gps: 46.918626, -114.083744
	One of 8 beacons that the FAA retained 1966. Legally transfered to the Montana Aeronautics Commission about 1979.	S-H University Mountain Montana: Missoula County Northern Transcontinental Airway Seattle-Helena Northwest Airlines gps: 46.853093, -113.929115
	Selected by the Montana Aeronautics Commission to remain in operation,after it was decommissioned by the FAA in January 1966.	43 S-H Bonita Montana: Granite County Northern Transcontinental Airway Seattle-Helena airway Northwest Airlines gps: 46.746909, -113.622841 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet RX1018
		44A S-H Bearmouth Montana: Granite County Northern Transcontinental Airway Seattle-Helena airway Northwest Airlines gps: 46.652086, -113.268954 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet RX0975
	Selected by the Montana Aeronautics Commission to remain in operation,after it was decommissioned by the FAA in January 1966.	47 S-H Avon Montana: Powell County Northern Transcontinental Airway Seattle-Helena airway Northwest Airlines gps: 46.547622, -112.636375
	Mc Donald Pass listing on the National Register of Historic Places Link to the original National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for McDonald Pass June 20, 2014 One of 8 beacons that the FAA retained 1966. Legally transfered to the Montana Aeronautics Commission about 1979.	49 S-H McDonald Pass Montana: Powell County Northern Transcontinental Airway Seattle-Helena airway Northwest Airlines gps: 46.556239, -112.309276
Northern Transcontinental Airway (Helena to Twin Cities airway)
	Selected by the Montana Aeronautics Commission to remain in operation,after it was decommissioned by the FAA in January 1966.	1 H-TC Spokane Hill Montana: Broadwater County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Northwest Airlines gps: 46.541293, -111.711802
		3 H-TC Townsend DOCILF Montana: Broadwater County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Northwest Airlines gps: 46.328254, -111.479654
	Red line is power line. Selected by the Montana Aeronautics Commission to remain in operation,after it was decommissioned by the FAA in January 1966.	5 H-TC Strawberry Montana: Broadwater County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Northwest Airlines gps: 45.969709, -111.328198
	One of 8 beacons that the FAA retained 1966. Legally transfered to the Montana Aeronautics Commission about 1979.	6 H-TC Belgrade DOCILF/ Bozeman Airport Montana: Gallatin County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Northwest Airlines gps: 45.775236, -111.156236
	One of 8 beacons that the FAA retained 1966. Legally transfered to the Montana Aeronautics Commission in 1979. Decommissioned 1993	Boseman Pass Montana: Gallatin County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Northwest Airlines gps: 45.658197, -110.806923 On March 2, 1993, the Bozeman Pass Beacon was decommissioned because the Montana Power Company had erected a 180-foot radio repeater tower on the site complete with strobe lights. To avoid redundancy and confusion, the older, shorter beacon was turned off.
		10 H-TC Livingston DOCILF Montana: Park County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Livingston-Billings airway Northwest Airlines gps: 45.666240, -110.529071 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet QX0728
		11 H-TC Mission Field DOCILF Montana: Park County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Livingston-Billings airway Northwest Airlines gps: 45.696353, -110.453925 11 H-TC Mission Field DOCILF Website
		12 H-TC Springdale Montana: Park County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Livingston-Billings airway Northwest Airlines gps: 45.728264, -110.206060 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet QX0657
		13A H-TC Big Timber DOCILF Montana: Sweet Grass County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Livingston-Billings airway Northwest Airlines gps: 45.811007, -109.975520 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet QW0640 13A H-TC Big Timber DOCILF Website
		13B H-TC Ross Canyon Montana: Sweet Grass County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Livingston-Billings airway Northwest Airlines gps: 45.740491, -109.950681 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet QW0634
		18B H-TC Canyon Creek Montana: Sweet Grass County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Livingston-Billings airway Northwest Airlines gps: 45.769857, -108.915223
Click this link for a cool night photo.	Beacon moved to water tower about 1950. National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet QW0559 Logan field water tank is located 1 mile west of the main area of the airport and on the north side of state Highway 3. The tank is a spheroid in shape, supported by a single stand pipe and is painted red and white in color. The overall height being 100 feet.	Billings Logan (BIL) Montana: Yellowstone County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Livingston-Billings airway / Billings-Bismark airway Northwest Airlines Cheyenne-Great Falls airway Casper-Billings airway / Billings-Great Falls airway gps: 45.804400, -108.560925 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet QW0558
		25 H-TC Custer DOCILF Montana: Yellowstone County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Billings-Bismark airway Northwest Airlines gps: 46.134209, -107.508632
		27 H-TC Hysham Airport Montana: Treasure County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Billings-Bismark airway Northwest Airlines gps: 46.294075, -107.195064
		30 H-TC Forsyth DOCILF Montana: Rosebud County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Billings-Bismark airway Northwest Airlines gps: 46.267120, -106.612440
		H-TC Miles City Municipal Montana: Custer County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Billings-Bismark airway Northwest Airlines gps: 46.427973, -105.874607
	THE CENTER OF THE ROTATING LIGHT OF THE BEACON IS THE POINT THAT WAS INTERSECTED. IT IS 56 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.	37 H-TC Spring Draw Montana: Prairie County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Billings-Bismark airway Northwest Airlines gps: 46.599499, -105.289723 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet RT0485
		38 H-TC Mildred DOCILF Montana: Prairie County Northern Transcontinental Airway Helena-Twin Cities airway Billings-Bismark airway Northwest Airlines gps: 46.656670, -105.020070 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet RT0481
Cheyenne-Great Falls airway
		47 C-GF Patterson Canyon Montana: Golden Valley County Cheyenne-Great Falls airway Billings-Great Falls airway Northwest Airlines gps: 46.727117, -109.184822 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet RV0737
		48 C-GF Half Moon Canyon Montana: Fergus County Cheyenne-Great Falls airway Billings-Great Falls airway Northwest Airlines gps: 46.842959, -109.262071
	Little skeleton tower on top of the watertower.	C-GF Lewistown Municipal Montana: Fergus County Cheyenne-Great Falls airway Billings-Great Falls airway Northwest Airlines gps: 47.046299, -109.455120 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet SR1116
		53 C-GF Stanford NE Montana: Judith Basin County Cheyenne-Great Falls airway Billings-Great Falls airway Northwest Airlines gps: 47.199359, -110.101084 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet SS1506
		57 C-GF Belt Montana: Cascade County Cheyenne-Great Falls airway Billings-Great Falls airway Northwest Airlines gps: 47.381533, -110.884449
Airports / Unknown airway
		Anaconda / Bowman Field Montana: Deer Lodge County gps: 46.147267, -112.865259
	One of 8 beacons retained by the FAA in 1966. Legally transfered to the Montana Aeronautics Commission about 1977.	B3 Ramsay / Silver Bow Montana: Silver Bow County gps: 46.051845, -112.712405 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet RX0926
		Lincoln Airport Montana: Lewis and Clark County gps: 46.958170, -112.647490
	Top of water tower	Chester Airport Montana: Liberty County gps: 48.508893, -110.978908 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet RX0900
	On hanger	Choteau Muni Montana: Teton County gps: 47.821386, -112.169702 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet ST0479
		Cut Bank International Airport Montana: Glacier County gps: 48.606322, -112.366548 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet TM0790
		Columbus Airport Montana: Stillwater County gps: 45.630368, -109.232986
		Three Forks Airport Montana: Gallatin County gps: 45.883536, -111.565538
		Roundup Airport Montana: Musselshell County gps: 46.471706, -108.549872
		Laurel Airport Montana: Yellowstone County gps: 45.700522, -108.761424
		Terry Municipal Airport Montana: Prairie County gps: 46.778730, -105.305788
		West Yellowstone Airport Montana: Gallatin County gps: 44.685657, -111.115479
		White Sulpher Springs Airport Montana: Meagher County gps: 46.500283, -110.906188
This site provides historical information only, do not use for navigation purposes. Arrows and Beacons may be on private property, DO NOT TRESPASS! ALL photos are copyrighted and may not be used without written permission, other than for personal use. Arranged by CAM Route and Beacon #. This is a work in progress and will be constantly updated as new information is found.