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KHWQ Wheatland County Airport at Harlowton
Harlowton, Montana, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 AUGUST 2013

Location

FAA Identifier: HWQ
Lat/Long: 46-26-55.0050N / 109-51-09.9680W
46-26.916750N / 109-51.166133W
46.4486125 / -109.8527689
(estimated)
Elevation: 4311 ft. / 1314.0 m (surveyed)
Variation: 16E (1985)
From city: 2 miles NW of HARLOWTON, MT
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -7 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 59036

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1940
Sectional chart: GREAT FALLS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: SALT LAKE CITY CENTER
FSS: GREAT FALLS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: GTF (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: ACTVT MIRL RY 08/26 & PAPI RY 26 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
LWTr181/37.7LEWISTOWN VOR/DME112.0015E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
HARLOWTON297/1.224217EHWQ .... .-- --.-
LEWISTOWN182/39.435317ELWT .-.. .-- -

Airport Services

Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 8/26

Dimensions: 4200 x 60 ft. / 1280 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in fair condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 8  RUNWAY 26
Gradient: 1.2%1.2%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Obstructions: 15 ft. brush, 404 ft. from runway, 37 ft. right of centerline91 ft. pole, marked, 3400 ft. from runway, 65 ft. left of centerline, 35:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: WHEATLAND COUNTY
PO BOX 1903
HARLOWTON, MT 59036
Phone 406-632-4891
Manager: DWIGHT THOMPSON
BOX 684
HARLOWTON, MT 59036

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 7
Single engine airplanes: 6
Multi engine airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 44/week *
66% local general aviation
26% transient general aviation
5% air taxi
2% military
* for 12-month period ending 19 July 2011

Additional Remarks

PHONE LOCATED ON FIELD, IN HANGAR.
DEER ON & INVOF RY; ESPECIALLY DURING NIGHTIME HOURS.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at KHWQ.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KLWT - Lewistown Municipal Airport (39 nm NE)
KLVM - Mission Field Airport (51 nm SW)
KRPX - Roundup Airport (54 nm E)
6S8 - Laurel Municipal Airport (64 nm SE)
KBIL - Billings Logan International Airport (67 nm SE)
 
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Aerial photo of KHWQ (Wheatland County Airport at Harlowton)
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Taken in February 2008

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-Oct-2013
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:0913:09
Sunrise07:3913:39
Sunset18:3100:31
Evening civil twilight19:0101:01

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  16-Oct-2013 18:20:11
Local (UTC-6)  16-Oct-2013 12:20:11
 
METAR
KLWT 
39nm NE 
161654Z AUTO 27006KT 10SM BKN085 07/M02 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP184 T00671022 TSNO
TAF
KLWT 
39nm NE 
161149Z 1612/1712 14005KT P6SM BKN150 FM161900 32015KT P6SM VCSH SCT025 OVC050 FM162000 35015G20KT 6SM -SHRA SCT020 BKN035 FM170600 32010KT P6SM SCT035 SCT100
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