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{{Infobox airport
| name         = Miles City Airport
| nativename   = Frank Wiley Field
| image        = 
| IATA         = MLS
| ICAO         = KMLS
| FAA          = MLS
| type         = Public
| owner        = Miles City
| operator     = 
| city-served  = [[Miles City, Montana]]
| location     = <!--if different than above-->
| elevation-f  = 2,630
| elevation-m  = 802
| website      = 
| latd  =  46 | latm  = 25 | lats  = 41 | latNS  = N
| longd = 105 | longm = 53 | longs = 10 | longEW = W
| coordinates_region     = US-MT
| pushpin_map            = USA Montana
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location of airport in Montana
| pushpin_label          = '''MLS'''
| pushpin_label_position = left
| r1-number    = 4/22
| r1-length-f  = 5,680
| r1-length-m  = 1,731
| r1-surface   = Asphalt
| r2-number    = 12/30
| r2-length-f  = 5,628
| r2-length-m  = 1,715
| r2-surface   = Asphalt
| stat-year    = 2009
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data   = 11,200
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data   = 20
| footnotes    = Sources: Airport<ref name="Airport">{{cite web | url = http://gov.milescity.net/City%20Departments/airport.html | title = Miles City Airport (Frank Wiley Field) | publisher = Miles City government website | accessdate = September 8, 2009}}</ref> and [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=MLS|use=PU|own=PU|site=12450.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.</ref>
}}

'''Miles City Airport'''<ref name="Airport" /> or '''Frank Wiley Field'''<ref name="FAA" /> {{airport codes|MLS|KMLS|MLS}} is a city-owned, public-use [[airport]] located two&nbsp;[[nautical mile]]s (4&nbsp;[[kilometre|km]]) northwest of the [[central business district]] of [[Miles City, Montana|Miles City]], in [[Custer County, Montana|Custer County]], [[Montana]], [[United States]].<ref name="FAA" /> The airport was served by one commercial airline, subsidized by the [[Essential Air Service]] program. EAS subsidies ended July 15, 2013 due to subsidy per passenger exceeding $1000, leaving Miles City without scheduled air service.<ref> Falstad, Jan. [http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/lewistown-miles-city-losing-airline-subsidies/article_0c3712a3-d6a1-5405-a4fb-567ddb6b27d7.html Lewistown, Miles City losing airline subsidies], ''Billings Gazette'', June 13, 2013, Retrieved 2013-06-13</ref>

As per [[Federal Aviation Administration]] records, the airport had 264 passenger boardings (enplanements) in [[calendar year]] 2008,<ref>
 {{cite web
 | url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf
 | title = Enplanements for CY 2008 | format = PDF, 1.0 MB
 | work = [http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/index.cfm?year=2008 CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]
 | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration
 | date = December 18, 2009
 }}
</ref> 891 enplanements in 2009, and 1,033 in 2010.<ref>
 {{cite web
 | url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf
 | title = Enplanements for CY 2010 | format = PDF, 189 KB
 | work = [http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/index.cfm?year=2010 CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]
 | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration
 | date = October 4, 2011
 }}
</ref> It is included in the [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2011–2015, which [[FAA airport categories|categorized]] it as a ''[[general aviation]]'' airport (the ''commercial service'' category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).<ref>
 {{cite web
 | url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf
 | title = 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A | format = PDF, 2.03 MB
 | work = [http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/index.cfm?sect=2011 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]
 | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration
 | date = October 4, 2010
 }}
</ref>

Scheduled air service temporarily ceased on March 8, 2008, when [[Big Sky Airlines]] ended operations in bankruptcy. [[Great Lakes Airlines]] was given [[United States Department of Transportation|USDOT]] approval to take over Essential Air Service (EAS)<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.sidneyherald.com/news/article_19be8282-2603-502a-ae76-486507917ecd.html | title = Great Lakes prepares for Montana routes | work = Sidney Herald | location = Montana | date = December 30, 2007 | accessdate = February 3, 2008}}</ref> and flights began in 2009. From 2011 to 2013, service has been provided under EAS contract by [[Silver Airways]] (formerly Gulfstream International Airlines).

== Facilities and aircraft ==
Frank Wiley Field covers an area of 1,640 [[acre]]s (664 [[hectare|ha]]) at an [[elevation]] of 2,630 feet (802 m) above [[mean sea level]]. It has two [[asphalt]] paved [[runway]]s: 4/22 is 5,680 by 75 feet (1,731 x 23 m) and 12/30 is 5,628 by 100 feet (1,715 x 30 m).<ref name="FAA" />

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2009, the airport had 11,200 aircraft operations, an average of 30 per day: 71% [[general aviation]] and 29% [[air taxi]]. At that time there were 20 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-[[aircraft engine|engine]] and 10% multi-engine.<ref name="FAA" />

== References ==
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== Other sources ==
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* Essential Air Service documents ([http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=DOT-OST-1997-2605 Docket OST-1997-2605]) from the [[U.S. Department of Transportation]]:
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1997-2605-0057 Order 2005-12-20]: selecting Big Sky Transportation Co., d/b/a Big Sky Airlines, to continue providing essential air service at seven Montana communities (Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Lewistown, Miles City, Sidney, and Wolf Point) for a new two-year period beginning March 1, 2006, at a subsidy of $6,838,934 annually.
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1997-2605-0070 Order 2007-11-21]: selecting Big Sky Transportation Co., d/b/a Big Sky Airlines, to continue providing essential air service at seven Montana communities for a new two-year period beginning March 1, 2008, at a subsidy of $8,473,617 annually.
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1997-2605-0071 Order 2007-12-22]: allowing Big Sky Transportation Co., d/b/a Big Sky Airlines, to suspend its subsidized essential air services at seven Montana communities on the date that Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., begins replacement service, and selecting Great Lakes to provide those services at subsidy rates totaling $8,201,992.
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1997-2605-0077 Order 2008-7-9]: approving an alternate service pattern requested by Lewistown, Miles City and Sidney, Montana.
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1997-2605-0096 Order 2011-1-27]: selecting Gulfstream International Airlines, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) with 19-passenger Beechcraft B-1900D aircraft at Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Lewistown, Miles City, Sidney, and Wolf Point, Montana, for a two-year period beginning when the carrier inaugurates full EAS at all seven communities through the end of the 24th month thereafter, at a combined annual subsidy rate of $10,903,854.
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== External links ==
* {{FAA-diagram|00259}}
* {{FAA-procedures|MLS}}
* {{US-airport-ga|MLS}}

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