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U68 North Big Horn County Airport
Cowley/Lovell/Byron, Wyoming, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

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 -7 (UTC -6 during Daylight Saving 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
CLSD ALL MAJOR HOLIDAYS
FOR ATTENDANT AFT HRS CALL 307-548-6236.
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 09/27 AND PAPI RYS 09 & 27 AND REIL RY 9 & 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
CODr038/28.2CODY VOR/DME111.8014E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
COWLEYat field25714EHCY .... -.-. -.--
POWELL064/14.734415EPOY .--. --- -.--
GREYBULL313/28.627514EGEY --. . -.--
RED LODGE103/39.920317ERED .-. . -..

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, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.5
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 44-54.841317N44-54.608767N
Longitude: 108-27.206983W108-26.048433W
Elevation: 4080.4 ft.4090.2 ft.
Gradient: 0.2%0.2%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 092 magnetic, 106 true272 magnetic, 286 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 8 ft. hill, 315 ft. from runway, 90 ft. right of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear91 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: 44-54.782983N44-54.479033N
Longitude: 108-27.048067W108-26.986117W
Elevation: 4080.0 ft.4085.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.3%0.3%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 158 magnetic, 172 true338 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 99, PO BOX 31
COWLEY, WY 82420
Phone 307-548-6236

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 17
Single engine airplanes: 16
Helicopters: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 37/week *
79% local general aviation
16% transient general aviation
4% military
2% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 30 June 2009

Additional Remarks

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 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
NDB OR GPS RWY 09 **CHANGED**   download (312KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures 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 of U68 (North Big Horn County Airport)
Photo by Ray Fey
Taken in 2004
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 07-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-7)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3013:30
Sunrise07:0114:01
Sunset16:5423:54
Evening civil twilight17:2500:25

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 03:00:27
Local (UTC-7)  07-Nov-2009 20:00:27
 
METAR
KGEY 
28nm SE 
080253Z AUTO 31006KT 10SM FEW110 07/M04 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP131 T00671044 51014
KCOD 
34nm SW 
080255Z 18006KT 10SM SCT090 04/M05 A2993 RMK AO1 52010
TAF
KCOD 
34nm SW 
072323Z 0800/0824 26010G20KT P6SM SCT050 BKN080 FM080100 27007KT P6SM SCT110 FM081000 26012G22KT P6SM BKN110 FM081700 26007KT P6SM SCT200 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

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North Big Horn County Airport 307-548-6236
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