| Wheatland County Airport | |
| Icao: | KHWQ |
| Faa: | HWQ |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Wheatland County |
| City-Served: | Harlowton, Montana |
| Elevation-F: | 4,311 |
| Elevation-M: | 1,314 |
| Coordinates: | 46.4486°N -109.8528°W |
| R1-Number: | 8/26 |
| R1-Length-F: | 4,200 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,280 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2011 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
| Stat1-Data: | 2,275 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 7 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Wheatland County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the central business district of Harlowton, a city in Wheatland County, Montana, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[2]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned HWQ by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3]
The airport covers an area of 160 acres (65 ha) at an elevation of 4,311 feet (1,314 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,200 by 60 feet (1,280 x 18 m).
For the 12-month period ending July 19, 2011, the airport had 2,275 aircraft operations, an average of 189 per month: 92% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time there were 7 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, and 14% multi-engine.[1]