Wheatland County Airport
Wheatland County Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Wheatland County | ||||||||||
| Serves | Harlowton, Montana | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,311 ft / 1,314 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°26′55″N 109°51′10″W / 46.44861°N 109.85278°W | ||||||||||
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Wheatland County Airport (ICAO: KHWQ, FAA LID: HWQ) is a county-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the central business district of Harlowton, a city in Wheatland County, Montana, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[2]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned HWQ by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3]
Facilities and aircraft
The airport covers an area of 160 acres (65 ha) at an elevation of 4,311 feet (1,314 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,200 by 60 feet (1,280 x 18 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 19, 2011, the airport had 2,275 aircraft operations, an average of 189 per month: 92% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time there were 7 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, and 14% multi-engine.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for HWQ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Wheatland County at Harlowton (FAA: HWQ, ICAO: KHWQ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for HWQ
- AirNav airport information for HWQ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for HWQ