Cut Bank Municipal Airport

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Cut Bank Municipal Airport
Cut Bank Army Air Field
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2006 USGS photo
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCut Bank and Glacier County
Serves Cut Bank, Montana
Location Glacier County, near Cut Bank, Montana
Elevation  AMSL 3,858 ft / 1,175 m
Coordinates 48°36′30″N112°22′34″W / 48.60833°N 112.37611°W / 48.60833; -112.37611
Website CutbankAirport.org
Map
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KCTB
Location
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
5/235,3001,615 Asphalt
14/325,3001,615Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations (year ending 7/27/20238,250
Based aircraft18

Cut Bank Municipal Airport( IATA : CTB, ICAO : KCTB, FAA LID : CTB) is three miles southwest of Cut Bank, in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is owned by Cut Bank and Glacier County. [1]

Contents

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 1,730 acres (700 ha) 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). [1]

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. [1]

History

Cut Bank Municipal Airport and Army Air Force Base
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LocationValier Hwy., Cut Bank, Montana
Coordinates 48°36′27″N112°21′59″W / 48.6075°N 112.3663°W / 48.6075; -112.3663
Area1,460 acres (5.9 km2)
Built1942
Built byArmy Corps of Engineers; et.al.
Architectural styleWWII Temporary Bldgs.
NRHP reference No. 07001494 [3]
Added to NRHPJanuary 29, 2008

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 1,460 acres (5.9 km2). [3]

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. [4]

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References

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for CTB PDF , effective December 28, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Airport History". Cut Bank Airport. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  4. ↑ Roy Nolkamper, Bob Jacoby, and Dennis Seglem (June 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cut Bank Municipal Airport and Army Air Force Base / Cut Bank International Airport". National Park Service . Retrieved August 12, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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