Yellowstone Airport

287 one nautical mile (2 km) north of the central business district of West Yellowstone, a town in Gallatin County, Montana, United States.West Yellowstone was served with Douglas DC-3's and was one of many stops on a route between Los Angeles, California and Great Falls, Montana.During the summer of 1973, Western was operating four 737 flights a day into the airport with nonstop jet service to Butte, MT; Great Falls; MT, Idaho Falls, ID; and Salt Lake City; as well as flying direct, no change of plane jet service to Las Vegas; Ontario, CA; San Diego; and San Francisco.The original Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) began serving the airport in 1967 with summer seasonal service operating direct flights to Denver using Convair 580 turboprop aircraft.SkyWest Airlines took over the service to West Yellowstone beginning with the summer 1986 travel season operating flights to Salt Lake City.One of the largest aircraft ever to use the airport was a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker operated by the Air National Guard with this aerial refueling tanker jet performing several "touch and go" landings and takeoffs on June 8, 2022.The base also supports visiting jumpers, tankers and other aerial firefighting resources during times of high fire activity.
WYS airport taken from the tarmac and plane loading/unloading area
Waiting area
Rental car booths and check-in counters
WYS airport outside waiting area overflow
Yellowstone Regional AirportBozeman Yellowstone International AirportWest Yellowstone, MontanaCoordinatesRunwaysFederal Aviation AdministrationairportU.S. 191U.S. 287nautical milecentral business districtWest YellowstoneGallatin CountyMontanaUnited StatesEssential Air Servicecalendar yearNational Plan of Integrated Airport SystemscategorizedYellowstone National ParkCody, WyomingYellowstone International AirportBelgradeBozeman, MontanaOfficial Airline GuideWestern AirlinesDouglas DC-3Lockheed L-188 ElectraBoeing 737-200Boeing 727-200Frontier Airlines (1950-1986)Convair 580SkyWest Airlinescode-shareDelta Air LinesDelta ConnectionEmbraer EMB 120 BrasiliaBombardier CRJ-200CRJ-900United ExpressUnited Airlineselevationmean sea levelrunwayasphaltfixed-base operatorKC-135 StratotankerAir National GuardWest Yellowstone, MTU.S. Forest ServiceNational Park ServiceU.S. Department of AgricultureU.S. Department of the Interiorair tankerDornier 228British AerospaceBAe 146McDonnell Douglas MD-87Lockheed C-130Canadair CL-415Gallatin National ForestTeton National ParkBombardier CRJ-900Salt Lake City AirportEmbraer EMB-120 BrasiliaDenverSalt Lake CitySalt Lake City, UtahDenver, Coloradoair conditioningList of airports in MontanaWayback Machinepublic domainBureau of Transportation StatisticsU.S. Department of TransportationThe National MapAirportsBert MooneyBillings LoganBozeman YellowstoneGlacier ParkGreat FallsHelenaMissoulaSidney–Richland MunicipalGeneral aviationBowmanBig SandyBig SkyBroadusChoteauClaytonCut BankDawsonDillonEkalakaGardinerGlasgowHarlemJordanKalispellLaurelLewistownLiberty CountyLincolnMissionMineral CountyPlainsPolsonPoplarRavalli CountyRed LodgeRiddickRoundupScobeyShelbySher-WoodStanfordStevensvilleThompson FallsThree ForksTurnerTwin BridgesWheatland CountyWoltermannMilitaryMalmstrom AFBCondon