Wheatland County Airport

Wheatland County Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KHWQ – FAA LID: HWQ
Summary
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 / 46.44861; -109.85278
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 4,200 1,280 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 2,275
Based aircraft 7

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Master Record for HWQ (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  3. ↑ "Wheatland County at Harlowton (FAA: HWQ, ICAO: KHWQ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 3, 2012.


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