Wheatland County AT Harlowton
HWQ · KHWQ · Harlowton, Montana · Wheatland County · map
Wheatland County AT Harlowton is a public-use airport owned by Wheatland County, 2 miles northwest of Harlowton, Montana, 4,312 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 4,200 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA HWQ · ICAO KHWQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Wheatland County
- Elevation
- 4,312 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,200 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Billings and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 127.75 |
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Aircraft registered in Harlowton from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Harlowton, Montana: 4 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 2 drones. 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 Montana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 and PAPI runway 27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of runway; especially during nightime hours.
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.