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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Statistics (2011) | |||||||||||
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Source:
Federal Aviation Administration
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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]
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]
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