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Bar E Airport, Helena.

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Longest paved runway
4,975 ft
Field elevation
3,875 ft
Runway-capable types
8 of 24
Coordinates
47.16, -112.11
Passengers
2 passengers

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Bar E Airport's 4,975 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 62 jet-capable fields in Montana, and its 3,875 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. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Bozeman, 106 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.

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

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~2,958–3,684 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,958 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,684 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,550–4,129 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,806 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,550 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,129 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,583 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,974–3,996 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,996 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,974 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 5,218 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.