# Ellis Ranch Airport (WY17)

**Ellis Ranch Airport** (FAA: WY17) is a small airport in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, United States. It opened in Aug 1976. It has one runway, 3,100 ft (945 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/wy17

## At a glance

- FAA: WY17
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Medicine Bow, Wyoming, United States
- Opened: Aug 1976
- Elevation: 6,530 ft / 1,990 m
- Coordinates: 42.0219, -106.4265
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,100 ft / 945 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49746112
- Weather station: KEHY
- Ident: WY17

## Timeline

- Aug 1976: Ellis Ranch Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 3,100 ft / 945 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,100 ft / 945 m | =15,399 of 29,858 | =6,170 in North America | =5,203 in US |
| Elevation | 6,530 ft / 1,990 m | =739 of 43,403 | #381 in North America | #271 in US |
| Age | Opened 1976 | =7,360 of 15,079 | =5,411 in North America | =5,315 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [80V](https://dromopedia.com/airports/80v.md) Medicine Bow Airport · 16 mi / 25 km
- [US-4626](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-4626.md) Miracle Mile Airport · 26 mi / 42 km
- [WY16](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wy16.md) Robbins Airport · 33 mi / 54 km
- [RWL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krwl.md) Rawlins Municipal Airport/Harvey Field · 42 mi / 68 km
- [96WY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/96wy.md) Cedar Creek Ranch Airport · 43 mi / 70 km
- [SAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksaa.md) Shively Field · 45 mi / 72 km

## 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/wy17/data