# Madsen Airport (WY65)

**Madsen Airport** (FAA: WY65) is a small airport in Gillette, Wyoming, United States. It opened in Feb 1987. It has one runway, 2,400 ft (732 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/wy65

## At a glance

- FAA: WY65
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Gillette, Wyoming, United States
- Opened: Feb 1987
- Elevation: 4,500 ft / 1,372 m
- Coordinates: 44.3489, -105.3370
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,400 ft / 732 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49747741
- Weather station: KGCC · WMO 72665
- Ident: WY65

## Timeline

- Feb 1987: Madsen Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,400 ft / 732 m | 40 ft / 12 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,400 ft / 732 m | =21,418 of 29,858 | =9,745 in North America | =8,429 in US |
| Elevation | 4,500 ft / 1,372 m | =2,666 of 43,403 | =1,421 in North America | =1,112 in US |
| Age | Opened 1987 | =9,153 of 15,079 | =6,972 in North America | =6,861 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [22WY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/22wy.md) Kissack/Reynolds Airport · 8.7 mi / 14 km
- [GCC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgcc.md) Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport · 10.0 mi / 16 km
- [US-8560](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8560.md) Shatzer Ranch Airport · 20 mi / 33 km
- [US-8543](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8543.md) T7 Ranch Airport · 23 mi / 37 km
- [US-8558](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8558.md) Horse Creek Airport · 24 mi / 39 km
- [01WY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/01wy.md) Keyhole Airport · 26 mi / 42 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/wy65/data