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).
Weather right now KECS · observed 2:55 pm MDT (20:55 UTC), 24 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (320°) at 10 knots, gusting to 14
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 21°F (-6°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 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 KECS 062055Z AUTO 32010G14KT 10SM CLR 27/M06 A3006 RMK AO2
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
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 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, 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
- 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.
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.