Medicine Bow Airport
80V · Medicine Bow, Wyoming · Carbon County · map
Medicine Bow Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Medicine Bow & Wy, 2 miles southeast of Medicine Bow, Wyoming, 6,658 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 3,170 feet of grass and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 80V
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Medicine Bow & Wy
- Elevation
- 6,658 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,170 × 80 ft | Grass and dirt, fair | |
| 06/24 | 2,680 × 50 ft | Grass and dirt, poor |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Medicine Bow from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Medicine Bow, Wyoming: 2 piston singles, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Wyoming.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Established prior to 1959
- Runway 06/24 - 9 to 12 inch berms both sides; runway 10/28 graded; gopher holes on runway surfaces; runways very soft when wet.
- Thld markings skewed at angle to runway 6/24.
- Runway 10/28 marked with yellow 3 feet an X 2 feet cones.
- Runway is no longer maintained.
- Rough and uneven full length; numerous gopher and badger holes.
- Wildlife in the vicinity of all runways.
- Runway 10/28 one foot ditch south of runway.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.