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]
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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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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 edit
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]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
- 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