Mondell Field
ECS · KECS · Newcastle, Wyoming · Weston County · map
Mondell Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Newcastle/Weston CO, 5 miles northwest of Newcastle, Wyoming, 4,178 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,310 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 14 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 5,194 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Mondell Field?
Its FAA code is ECS, and its ICAO code is KECS.
Where is Mondell Field?
It is 5 miles northwest of Newcastle, Wyoming, 4,178 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Mondell Field?
Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,310 feet long, asphalt.
Does Mondell Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Mondell Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Mondell Field?
1 pilot examiner and 1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Mondell Field…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ECS · ICAO KECS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Newcastle/Weston CO
- Elevation
- 4,178 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,310 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, rr 38 ft high 1,184 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Ecs and vor | 108.2 | |
| Ecs and aWOS-3PT | 118.0 | |
| Crawford and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.95 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 307-746-4896.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Custer County (31 nm east), Black Hills-Clyde Ice Field (42 nm northeast), Hulett Municipal (48 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Wyoming · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate odals runway 32; runway end identifier lights runway 14; PAPI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pilot supplied ropes rqd for tie downs.
- Wildlife on or near the runways. Migratory bird flight paths near airport.
- High vol of aircraft oprng in the vicinity of of MT rushmore and crazy horse monuments at or below 7500 feet; pilots are advised to mnt 122.85 for traffic advisories.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 14 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,194, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 82 |
| general aviation, travelling | 2,680 |
| general aviation, local | 2,412 |
| military | 20 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Newcastle from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Newcastle, Wyoming: 18 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.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Wyoming.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument; 1 for airplanes. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
- Michael Duane Rath private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Eagle Aviation · Spearfish, SD (42 nm) · (605) 645-1487 · [email protected]
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Newcastle 18 aircraft · 18 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Wyoming 777 since 1982 · 108 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 4 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Wyoming 42 landing places
- Wyoming 3,230 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ECS.json.
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 27, 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.