General aviation field
Starr Browning Airstrip.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,051 ft
- Field elevation
- 4,655 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 5 of 24
- Coordinates
- 48.60, -113.11
Starr Browning Airstrip's 4,051 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 62 jet-capable fields in Montana, and its 4,655 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 5 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 19. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Bozeman, 216 miles away.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 216 mi1 h 05 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 357 mi1 h 29 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 364 mi1 h 30 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 718 mi2 h 32 mfrom $5,108one way, all‑in indicative
- 746 mi2 h 37 mfrom $5,305one way, all‑in indicative
- 852 mi2 h 55 mfrom $6,058one way, all‑in indicative
- 871 mi2 h 58 mfrom $6,197one way, all‑in indicative
- 893 mi3 h 02 mfrom $6,353one way, all‑in indicative
From-prices are one way and all-in — operator price, our fee and federal excise tax — for the smallest cabin suited to the distance, indicative rather than quoted. Short legs sit at the smallest cabin's daily minimum, so we show distance and time for those and price them on request.
Runway
What can operate here
Compared against the published balanced field length of every type we broker, with roughly 3% added per 1,000 ft of elevation for density altitude.
This is runway length only. Individual airports also restrict by wingspan, noise curfew, slot availability and special approach certification, and performance moves with temperature, weight and the day. Clearing the runway here means an aircraft is worth asking about — the operator confirms it, and signs for it.
Turboprop
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~3,020 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,761 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,886 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,624 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,658 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Cessna Citation XLS+, Cessna Citation Latitude, Embraer Phenom 300, Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280 and 13 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,057 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.