Yellowstone Airport

Yellowstone Airport
IATA: WYS ICAO: KWYS FAA LID: WYS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Montana
Serves	West Yellowstone, Montana
Elevation AMSL	6,649 ft / 2,027 m
Coordinates	44°41′18″N 111°07′04″W / 44.68833°N 111.11778°W / 44.68833; -111.11778Coordinates: 44°41′18″N 111°07′04″W / 44.68833°N 111.11778°W / 44.68833; -111.11778
Website	YellowstoneAirport.org
Map
WYS Show map of Montana WYS Show map of the US Location of airport in Montana / United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 1/19 8,400 2,560 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 11,105
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Aircraft operations	11,105

Yellowstone Airport (IATA: WYS, ICAO: KWYS, FAA LID: WYS) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) north of the central business district of West Yellowstone, a town in Gallatin County, Montana, United States. Although only open from June through September, commercial passenger service is available during those months. Scheduled airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 4,186 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 4,331 enplanements in 2009, and 4,451 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).

The town of West Yellowstone is located at the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park. The airport should not be confused with Yellowstone Regional Airport in Cody, Wyoming or Yellowstone International Airport between Belgrade & Bozeman, Montana, which are 104 miles (167 km) & 88 miles (144 km), respectively, from this airport and about 53 miles (85 km) from the east entrance of Yellowstone National Park (Yellowstone Regional) & about 88 miles (142 km) from the North Entrance or West Entrance (Yellowstone International).

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