FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | U68 |
| Lat/Long: | 44-54-42.0130N / 108-26-43.8330W
44-54.700217N / 108-26.730550W
44.9116703 / -108.4455092
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 4090 ft. / 1246.6 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 14E (1985) |
| From city: | 2 miles N of central business district of the associated city
(2 MILES N OF COWLEY.) |
| Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -7 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 82420 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 11/1937 |
| Sectional chart: | BILLINGS |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | SALT LAKE CITY CENTER |
| FSS: | CASPER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | CPR (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | MON-SAT 0800-1700, ALL SUN 1300-1700
CLOSED ALL MAJOR HOLIDAYS |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 09/27 AND VASI RYS 09 & 27 AND REIL RY 27- CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 119.925 (307-548-2560) |
| WX AWOS-3 at POY (15 nm W): | 119.275 (307-754-7093) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY SALT LAKE ARTCC ON FREQS 133.25/285.6(LOVELL RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| CODr038/28.2 | | CODY VOR/DME | | 111.80 | | 14E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| COWLEY | | at field | | 257 | | 14E | | HCY | .... -.-. -.-- |
| POWELL | | 064/14.7 | | 344 | | 15E | | POY | .--. --- -.-- |
| GREYBULL | | 313/28.6 | | 275 | | 14E | | GEY | --. . -.-- |
| RED LODGE | | 103/39.9 | | 203 | | 17E | | RED | .-. . -.. |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL |
| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 9/27
| Dimensions: | 5199 x 75 ft. / 1585 x 23 m |
| Surface: | asphalt/porous friction courses, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 9 | | RUNWAY 27 |
| Latitude: | 44-54.841317N | | 44-54.608767N |
| Longitude: | 108-27.206983W | | 108-26.048433W |
| Elevation: | 4080.4 ft. | | 4090.2 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.2% | | 0.2% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 092 magnetic, 106 true | | 272 magnetic, 286 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Runway end identifier lights: | | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 8 ft. hill, 315 ft. from runway, 90 ft. right of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear | | 91 ft. hill, 3673 ft. from runway, 40 ft. left of centerline, 38:1 slope to clear |
Runway 16/34
| Dimensions: | 1866 x 65 ft. / 569 x 20 m |
| Surface: | dirt, in good condition |
| Runway edge markings: | 16/34 RWY END DELINATED BY +1' CONES. |
| RUNWAY 16 | | RUNWAY 34 |
| Latitude: | 44-54.782983N | | 44-54.479033N |
| Longitude: | 108-27.048067W | | 108-26.986117W |
| Elevation: | 4080.0 ft. | | 4085.0 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.3% | | 0.3% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 158 magnetic, 172 true | | 338 magnetic, 352 true |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | BIG HORN COUNTY
BOX 31
BASIN, WY 82410
Phone 307-568-2357 |
| Manager: | KOLLEEN HAYNES
P.O. BOX 31, PO BOX 31
COWLEY, WY 82420
Phone 307-548-6236 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 15 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 15 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 41/week * | | 70% | local general aviation | | 23% | transient general aviation | | 5% | military | | 2% | air taxi | | * for 12-month period ending 30 April 2006 | |
Additional Remarks
| A17 1 | FOR ATTENDANT AFT HRS CALL 307-272-9711 |
| - | RY 16/34 SOFT WHEN WET. |
| - | REFLECTIVE MKRS MARK ENTRANCE TO TWY & TURNAROUND. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 28 August 2008 at 0901Z and 25 September 2008 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| NDB OR GPS RWY 09 | |
download (318KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply | |
download (62KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KPOY - Powell Municipal Airport (15 nm W)
KGEY - South Big Horn County Airport (28 nm SE)
KCOD - Yellowstone Regional Airport (34 nm SW)
6S8 - Laurel Municipal Airport (49 nm N)
KBIL - Billings Logan International Airport (54 nm N)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Ray Fey
Taken in 2004
looking northeast
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of North Big Horn County Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 05-Sep-2008
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(UTC-6) | | Zulu
(UTC) |
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:13 | | 12:13 |
| Sunrise | | 06:43 | | 12:43 |
| Sunset | | 19:41 | | 01:41 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 20:11 | | 02:11 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 05-Sep-2008 11:49:57 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 05-Sep-2008 05:49:57 |
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| METAR |
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KGEY
28nm SE | 051053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/04 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP204 T00670044
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KCOD
34nm SW | 051135Z 19003KT 10SM CLR 04/02 A3016 RMK AO1
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KCOD
34nm SW | 050533Z 050606 VRB05KT P6SM SCT030 OVC060 FM1300 VRB05KT P6SM FEW030 SCT080 FM1800 12007KT P6SM SCT060 BKN100 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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