Dixon Airport
DWX · KDWX · Dixon, Wyoming · Carbon County · map
Dixon Airport is a public-use airport owned by Carbon County, 2 miles east of Dixon, Wyoming, 6,549 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 7,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 9 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 1,195 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KDWX · observed 4:35 pm MDT (22:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (250°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.26 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDWX 062235Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 26/M01 A3026 RMK AO2 T02571012
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DWX · ICAO KDWX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Carbon County
- Elevation
- 6,549 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1979
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 7,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 24: brush 8 ft high 324 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Dwx and aWOS-3PT | 119.425 | |
| Hayden and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.475 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 307-383-2504.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 1,195, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Dixon from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Dixon, Wyoming: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Wyoming.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided an OBSTN-FREE primary surface of 125' either side of centerline is provided; if obstructions within approach area cannot be lowered or removed; the thresholds are located to provide a minimum 20:1 clearance over all obstructions.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport. 6 feet wildlife fence all around airport with gated, cattle guard entrances.
- Actv runway end identifier lightss runway 6 and 24; PAPI runway 6, medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pilot supplied ropes required for tie downs
- Fuel 24 hour credit card service available.
- Snow banks +4 feet along entire runway winter months.
- +500 feet terrain 9700 feet from aer 24.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -37C.
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.