Madsen Airport
WY65 · Gillette, Wyoming · Campbell County · map
Madsen Airport is a private airport, 10 miles northeast of Gillette, Wyoming, 4,500 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,400 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WY65
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 4,500 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1987
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,400 × 40 ft | Grass |
- Runway 09: fence on the approach
- Runway 27: fence on the approach
Aircraft registered in Gillette from the FAA register
88 aircraft are registered to owners in Gillette, Wyoming: 77 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 3 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 business jets. 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 · 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
- Livestock and wildlife on runway.
- Down drafts possible both approach ends of runway.
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.