North Big Horn County
U68 · Cowley/Lovell/Byron, Wyoming · Big Horn County · map
North Big Horn County is a public-use airport owned by Big Horn County, 2 miles north of Cowley/Lovell/Byron, Wyoming, 4,094 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 5,200 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA U68
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Big Horn County
- Elevation
- 4,094 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irreg
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1937
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,200 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 1,866 × 65 ft | Dirt, good |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left, hill 8 ft high 315 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left, hill 91 ft high 3,673 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| U68 and aWOS-3 | 119.925 | |
| Boysen and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 133.25 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 307-548-2560.
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 Cowley/Lovell/Byron from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Cowley/Lovell/Byron, WY as the owner's town.
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
- 2 miles north of Cowley.
- Runway 16/34 soft when wet.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27; PAPI runway 09 and 27; runway end identifier lights runway 9 and 27- the common traffic frequency.
- Pilot supplied ropes preferred for tie downs.
- Service available H24 via credit card.
- 16/34 runway end delinated by +1 feet cones.
- Reflective mkrs mark entrance to taxiway and turnaround.
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.