General aviation field
Three Forks Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,100 ft
- Field elevation
- 4,089 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 45.88, -111.57
Three Forks Airport's 5,100 ft of runway is longer than most of the 62 jet-capable fields in Montana, and its 4,089 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. Bozeman's published corridors start 21 miles from this field.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 21 mi31 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 162 mi55 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 212 mi1 h 04 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 518 mi1 h 57 mfrom $3,684one way, all‑in indicative
- 554 mi2 h 03 mfrom $3,938one way, all‑in indicative
- 702 mi2 h 29 mfrom $4,994one way, all‑in indicative
- 762 mi2 h 39 mfrom $5,419one way, all‑in indicative
- 797 mi2 h 46 mfrom $5,673one 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 ~2,975 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,705 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,828 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,570 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,153 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,604 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,019 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,997 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350 and 10 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,248 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.