Sher-Wood Airport (KPWD), Montana
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Sher-Wood Airport (KPWD) is a public-use, unattended field in Plentywood, Montana, seeing modest business aviation traffic. The airport pairs a paved runway with a turf strip and relies on self-service fuel rather than an on-site attendant.
Runways
Sher-Wood Airport has two paved and unpaved runways. The longest, 12/30, is 3,900 ft long and 75 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Runways are listed longest first.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Fuel and airfield services
Sher-Wood Airport has 100LL available on the field. The airport has no control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Customs
Sher-Wood Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is 8U3, 37 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Sher-Wood Airport recorded 242 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in May and September. Business aviation traffic at KPWD concentrates in the spring and fall months, with September and May seeing the highest counts per FAA TFMSC data.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month September, 30 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Climate
Weather station is on the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: NOAA NCEI.
Operating constraints
Sher-Wood Airport has published operating constraints in two categories: runway notes and other notes.
Runway 8/26 is not maintained during winter months; no snow removal is performed.
PAPI is installed for runway 12 and runway 30; MIRL serves runway 12/30 and operates dusk to dawn. After dawn, the PAPI for runway 12 and 30 and the MIRL for runway 12/30 are activated via CTAF.
Runway 12/30 receives intermittent snow removal; pilots should be alert during winter months.
A 24-hour self-service credit card fuel facility is available.
For clearance delivery, contact Salt Lake ARTCC.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Nearby airfields
Sher-Wood Airport has three airfields within 47 NM. The closest is Scobey, 36.23 NM west.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at KPWD
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
The same order, priced two ways.
$600.00 catering order at KPWD.
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What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
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The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
At cost.
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Frequently asked questions
Is fuel available at KPWD?
Sher-Wood Airport (KPWD) offers 100LL only; no Jet A is available. Fuel is dispensed through a self-service credit card facility that operates 24 hours, with no attendant on site since the field is unattended.
What runways does Sher-Wood Airport have?
KPWD has two runways: 12/30, a 3,900-foot by 75-foot paved asphalt strip, and 08/26, a 2,951-foot by 60-foot turf runway. The turf runway is not maintained in winter and receives no snow removal.
Can international flights clear customs at KPWD?
Sher-Wood Airport has no customs service on site. The nearest customs facility is at 8U3, located approximately 36.80 nautical miles away.