# Johnson County Airport (BYG / KBYG)

**Johnson County Airport** (IATA: BYG, ICAO: KBYG) is a small airport in Buffalo, Wyoming, United States. It opened in Apr 1941. It has one runway, 6,143 ft (1,872 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbyg

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BYG / KBYG
- FAA: BYG
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Buffalo, Wyoming, United States
- Opened: Apr 1941
- Elevation: 4,970 ft / 1,515 m
- Coordinates: 44.3811, -106.7220
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,143 ft / 1,872 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_County_Airport_(Wyoming) (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49747127
- Weather station: KBYG
- Ident: KBYG

## Timeline

- Apr 1941: Johnson County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 6,143 ft / 1,872 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 138° / 318° | yes |

- 13/31 slopes 1.1%: threshold 31 at 4,905 ft / 1,495 m, threshold 13 at 4,970 ft / 1,515 m.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,143 ft / 1,872 m | #4,378 of 29,858 | #1,165 in North America | #905 in US |
| Elevation | 4,970 ft / 1,515 m | =2,066 of 43,403 | =1,083 in North America | =833 in US |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =737 in North America | =705 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 135.425 |
| RDO | CASPER RDO | 122.025 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbyg/data