KLWT is the ICAO code for Lewistown Municipal Airport (IATA LWT), located in Lewistown, MT.
Lewistown Municipal Airport (KLWT) is a medium airport in Lewistown, MT. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KLWT or IATA code LWT. It sits in North America.
Lewistown Municipal Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 6,100-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.
The longest runway measures 6,100 ft (1,859 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.
Lewistown Municipal Airport sits at 4,170 ft above sea level. Hot-and-high conditions can meaningfully reduce takeoff performance in summer — planners should factor density altitude into payload and fuel decisions.
Local operations run on America/Denver. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.
SkyAccess currently tracks 36 departing and 28 arriving private-jet legs at KLWT across the next six months of operator inventory. 3 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KLWT are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.