# North Big Horn County Airport (U68)

**North Big Horn County Airport** (FAA: U68) is a small airport in Cowley, Wyoming, United States. It opened in Nov 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,200 ft (1,585 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ku68

## At a glance

- FAA: U68
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Cowley, Wyoming, United States
- Opened: Nov 1937
- Elevation: 4,094 ft / 1,248 m
- Coordinates: 44.9120, -108.4435
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,200 ft / 1,585 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49748764
- Weather station: KU68
- Ident: KU68

## Timeline

- Nov 1937: North Big Horn County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 5,200 ft / 1,585 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 106° / 286° | yes |
| 16/34 | 1,866 ft / 569 m | 65 ft / 20 m | Dirt | 172° / 352° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,200 ft / 1,585 m | =5,980 of 29,858 | =1,954 in North America | =1,575 in US |
| Elevation | 4,094 ft / 1,248 m | #3,374 of 43,403 | #1,808 in North America | #1,438 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.925 |
| CNTR | SALT LAKE CITY CNTR | 133.250 |
| 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/ku68/data