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WY65 Madsen Airport
Gillette, Wyoming, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: WY65
Lat/Long: 44-20-55.9310N / 105-20-14.9700W
44-20.932183N / 105-20.249500W
44.3488697 / -105.3374917
(estimated)
Elevation: 4500 ft. / 1372 m (estimated)
Variation: 13E (1985)
From city: 10 miles NE of GILLETTE, WY
Time zone: UTC -7 (UTC -6 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 82716

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 02/1987
Sectional chart: CHEYENNE
Control tower: no
ARTCC: DENVER CENTER
FSS: CASPER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

WX ASOS at GCC (9 nm W): 124.175 (307-682-1745)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
GCCr078/8.8GILLETTE VOR/DME114.6012E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
DERYK047/9.238012EGC --. -.-.

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 2400 x 40 ft. / 732 x 12 m
Surface: turf
Operational restrictions: DOWN DRAFTS POSSIBLE BOTH APPROACH ENDS OF RWY.
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Obstructions: 4 ft. fence4 ft. fence

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: B. MADSEN & C. OVERBY
BOX 1978
GILLETTE, WY 82716
Phone 307-682-4390
Manager: B. MADSEN
BOX 1978
GILLETTE, WY 82716
Phone 307-682-4390

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 3
Single engine airplanes: 3
    

Additional Remarks

LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE ON RWY.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at WY65.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KGCC - Gillette-Campbell County Airport (9 nm W)
W43 - Hulett Municipal Airport (38 nm NE)
KECS - Mondell Field Airport (52 nm SE)
KBYG - Johnson County Airport (59 nm W)
KSPF - Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field (67 nm E)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-7)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:1813:18
Sunrise06:4913:49
Sunset16:4123:41
Evening civil twilight17:1200:12

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 12:02:07
Local (UTC-7)  08-Nov-2009 05:02:07
 
METAR
KGCC 
9nm W 
081153Z AUTO 08003KT 10SM CLR 01/M04 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP136 T00061039 10022 21044 53004 $
TAF
KGCC 
9nm W 
081120Z 0812/0912 29008KT P6SM FEW100 SCT200 FM090000 VRB05KT P6SM FEW200

 
 

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