# Wheatland County Airport at Harlowton (KHWQ)

**Wheatland County Airport at Harlowton** (ICAO: KHWQ) is a small airport in Harlowton, Montana, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has one runway, 4,200 ft (1,280 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KHWQ
- FAA: HWQ
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Harlowton, Montana, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 4,312 ft / 1,314 m
- Coordinates: 46.4486, -109.8530
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,200 ft / 1,280 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatland_County_Airport (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7991891
- Weather station: KHWQ
- Ident: KHWQ

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Wheatland County Airport at Harlowton opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 4,200 ft / 1,280 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 099° / 278° | yes |

- 09/27 slopes 1.2%: threshold 27 at 4,262 ft / 1,299 m, threshold 09 at 4,312 ft / 1,314 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,200 ft / 1,280 m | =8,998 of 29,858 | =3,450 in North America | =2,857 in US |
| Elevation | 4,312 ft / 1,314 m | =2,942 of 43,403 | =1,573 in North America | =1,240 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |
| FSS | GREAT FALLS RDO | 122.400 |

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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/khwq/data