Cut Bank Municipal Airport

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Cut Bank Municipal Airport
Cut Bank Army Air Field
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2006 USGS Photo
IATA: CTB – ICAO: KCTB – FAA LID: CTB
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Cut Bank and Glacier County
Serves Cut Bank, Montana
Location Glacier County, near Cut Bank, Montana
Elevation AMSL 3,854 ft / 1,175 m
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Website CutbankAirport.org
Map
KCTB is located in Montana
KCTB
KCTB
Location
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 5,299 1,615 Asphalt
13/31 5,300 1,615 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 5,800
Based aircraft 32

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

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 3,854 feet (1,175 m). It has two asphalt runways: 5/23 is 5,299 by 75 feet (1,615 x 23 m) and 13/31 is 5,300 by 75 feet (1,615 x 23 m).[1]

In the year ending August 22, 2008 the airport had 5,800 aircraft operations, average 15 per day: 90% general aviation, 9% air taxi and 2% military. 32 aircraft were then based at the airport: 88% single-engine, 3% multi-engine and 9% ultralight.[1]

History

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:

  • 2nd Bombardment Group, 429th Bomb Squadron, November 1942-March 1943
  • 385th Bombardment Group, 550th Bomb Squadron, March–June 1943
  • 390th Bombardment Group, 569th Bomb Squadron, June–July 1943
  • 401st Bombardment Group, 613th Bomb Squadron, July–October 1943

During the Cold War Cut Bank AFB was an interceptor base, part of Air Defense Command.

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for CTB (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-09-25.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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