KHWQ · Wheatland County Airport at Harlowton

HARLOWTON, MONTANA · SMALL AIRPORT

4,311

Elevation ft

Runway

4,200

Longest ft · 09/27

46.45N

109.85W

Wheatland County Airport at Harlowton serves Harlowton, Montana at 4,311 ft elevation with its longest runway, 09/27, at 4,200 by 60 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
09/27	4,200 × 60 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 4,311 ft is about 6°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 6°C)	4,311 ft	3,279 ft	2,565 ft	3,847 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	5,511 ft	3,513 ft	2,691 ft	4,037 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	6,711 ft	3,747 ft	2,818 ft	4,227 ft
35°C afternoon	7,746 ft	3,949 ft	2,927 ft	4,391 ft

Planning aid only. On a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (09/27, 4,200 ft) is within 20 percent of the 1.5x landing figure for a Meridian-class turboprop (4,391 ft). Plan hot-day departures for the morning and check the POH. The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KHWQ is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
K6S0 Big Timber Airport	39 nm S	5,285 ft
KLWT Lewistown Municipal Airport	39 nm NE	6,100 ft
K7S6 White Sulphur Springs Airport	44 nm W	6,100 ft
KLVM Mission Field	51 nm SW	5,701 ft
KRPX Roundup Airport	54 nm E	5,098 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KHWQ

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KHWQ, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KHWQ or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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