Johnson County Airport | |
Faa: | BYG |
Iata: | BYG |
Icao: | KBYG |
Type: | Public |
Owner-Oper: | Johnson County |
City-Served: | Buffalo, Wyoming |
Elevation-F: | 4,970 |
Coordinates: | 44.3808°N -106.7217°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Wyoming#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Wyoming |
Pushpin Label: | BYG |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
R1-Number: | 13/31 |
R1-Length-F: | 6,143 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (2017) |
Stat1-Data: | 5,295 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft (2018) |
Stat2-Data: | 30 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] [2] |
Johnson County Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport located 3miles northeast of the central business district of Buffalo, Wyoming, a city in Johnson County, Wyoming, United States. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.[3]
Johnson County Airport covers an area of 240 acres (97 ha) at an elevation of 4,970 feet (1,515 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway: 13/31 is 6,143 by 75 feet (1,872 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface.
For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2017, the airport had 5,295 aircraft operations, an average of 14 per day: 99% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and <1% military.In August 2018, there was 30 aircraft based at this airport: 26 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, 1 jet, and 1 helicopter.
According to the April 15, 1975 edition of the Official Airline Guide (OAG), Trans Mountain Airlines, a small Denver-based commuter air carrier which was also known as Trans Mountain Air, was operating scheduled passenger flights every weekday on a round trip routing of Cheyenne, WY (CYS) - Casper, WY (CPR) - Buffalo, WY (BYG) - Sheridan, WY (SHR) with small twin engine prop aircraft.[4]