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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Northeast Wyoming Regional (9 nm west), Hulett Municipal (38 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Northeast Wyoming Regional (9 nm west), Hulett Municipal (38 nm northeast).
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
- Livestock and wildlife on runway.
- Down drafts possible both approach ends of runway.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Wyoming.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Gillette 88 aircraft · 77 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 3 piston twins
- Iberlin Ranch 5 aircraft in town
- P P & J LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Horseshoe Bar Land & Livestock LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Ohmans INC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Wyoming 778 since 1982 · 109 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Wyoming 42 landing places
- Wyoming 3,236 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/WY65.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.