Pogreba Field Airport

The Three Forks Airport is a public use airport owned by Gallatin County, and located just one mile southeast of downtown Three Forks.  It is known as Pogreba Field, named for our own Missing in Action pilot Cpt. Dean Pogreba of Three Forks, whose plane went missing during the Vietnam War.  As taken from an excerpt in the book Pogie 105 by the widow of Pogreba, Maxine writes, “In 1971 former U.S. Marine fighter pilot and Dean’s protégé, Bill Fairhurst, then mayor of Three Forks, spearheaded an effort to name the local airport after Dean.  Although still listed MIA, Dean has been promoted to Colonel as he was still considered ‘active duty.’ Mayor Fairhurst had long admired Dean as a friend and fellow pilot.  The airport was dedicated as Pogreba Field on May 22, 1971.  In 1995 a permanent granite memorial and flagpole were also dedicated at Fairhurst’s urging.”  Pogreba Field covers an area of 160 acres (65 ha) at an elevation of 4,089 feet (1,246 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,100 by 60 feet (1,554 x 18 m).

The airport hosts the state's oldest Antique Airplane fly-in every August.

The airport has a fully operational skydiving drop zone, one of only two in the state. To learn more visit their website at http://www.skydivebozeman.com/

The airport also has  two glider clubs on the field, offering scenic rides and glider instruction, and one of the only ground launching systems for gliders in the U.S.  

Pogreba Field Airport