Terminal Procedures

U68 — North Big Horn County

COWLEY/LOVELL/BYRON, WY · 2 FAA charts · cycle 6 Aug 2026

Elevation 4,093 ft2 runwaysLongest 5,200 ftNon-toweredFuel 100LL avgasVolume NW-1Not for navigation

1 published instrument approach: 1 RNAV (GPS).

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Instrument approach procedures

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RNAV (GPS) RWY 09 chart previewRNAV (GPS) RWY 090BPDF

Takeoff and alternate minimums

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TAKEOFF MINIMUMS chart previewTAKEOFF MINIMUMSPDF

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U68 airport information

Control tower
No
ARTCC
Salt Lake City Center
Flight service
Casper
NOTAM facility
CPR (NOTAM-D available)
Magnetic variation
11E
Beacon
White-green (lighted land airport), sunset to sunrise
Wind indicator
Lighted
Segmented circle
Yes
Fuel
100LL avgas
Bottled oxygen
None
Parking
Tie-downs
Customs
Landing rights airport
Activated
November 1937
Airport area
1,120 acres
Ownership
Publicly owned
Sectional
Billings
Last FAA inspection
2024-08-06

From the FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle 6 Aug 2026.

U68 radio frequencies

ServiceFrequencyCall sign
CTAF123.0

Civil VHF frequencies from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription. Discrete sector and military frequencies are not listed.

Runways

5,200 × 75 ft09271,866 × 65 ft1634N1,000 ft
Runway layout at U68, drawn to scale from FAA published runway-end coordinates and true alignments. Runways served by an ILS are highlighted.
RunwayLengthWidth SurfaceLighting
09/275,200 ft75 ftAsphalt GoodMedium intensity
  09 106°TPAPI (2-box) 3°
  27 286°TPAPI (2-box) 3°
16/341,866 ft65 ftDirt Good

Runway and approach-aid data from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription.

Where U68 is

Latitude, longitude44.9116670, -108.4455000
Elevation4,093 ft
From Cowley/Lovell/Byron2 nm N

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FAA remarks for U68

  • 2 MILES N OF COWLEY.
  • RWY 16/34 SOFT WHEN WET.
  • ACTVT MIRL RWY 09/27; PAPI RWY 09 & 27; REIL RWY 9 & 27- CTAF.
  • PILOT SUPPLIED ROPES PREFERRED FOR TIE DOWNS.
  • ATNDNC IS PERIODIC & UNSKED. FONE AHD FOR SVCS. FOR ATTENDANT AFT HRS CALL 307-250-7215 OR TEXT/CALL AMGR.
  • 16/34 RWY END DELINATED BY +1 FT CONES.
  • REFLECTIVE MKRS MARK ENTRANCE TO TWY & TURNAROUND.
  • FOR CD CTC SALT LAKE ARTCC AT 801-320-2568.

Published verbatim from the FAA NASR subscription. Abbreviations are the FAA's own.

Limited instrument coverage

North Big Horn County has a single RNAV (GPS) approach serving just one of its four runway ends. Instrument procedure coverage is therefore concentrated on one arrival direction, with no published approach to the opposite end or either end of the shorter cross-runway. The 5,200 ft asphalt runway provides almost three times the available length of the 1,866 ft dirt runway, making the difference between the two alignments substantial.

Regional chart context

Powell Municipal has similarly thin procedure coverage, while South Big Horn County, Laurel Municipal and Yellowstone Regional have progressively broader chart sets. Billings Logan International is covered much more extensively than any of the other listed fields. The Billings and Great Falls sectional charts add visual-navigation context across the area that the airport’s sparse instrument set does not provide.

Airports near U68

IDAirportCity DistanceCharts
KPOYPowell MuniPOWELL, WY15 nm W3
KGEYSouth Big Horn CountyGREYBULL, WY28 nm SE5
KCODYellowstone RgnlCODY, WY34 nm SW8
6S8Laurel MuniLAUREL, MT49 nm N6
KBILBillings Logan IntlBILLINGS, MT54 nm N19
00UBig Horn CountyHARDIN, MT60 nm NE3

VFR charts covering U68

Common questions about U68

What charts are available for U68?

2 current FAA charts for North Big Horn County, including 1 instrument approach. All are free to download as PDFs from this page, from the 6 August 2026 cycle.

What are the radio frequencies for U68?

CTAF 123.0. Full civil VHF list, with sector notes, is in the frequencies table on this page — from the FAA NASR subscription.

How long is the runway at U68?

North Big Horn County has 2 runways. The longest is 09/27 at 5,200 ft by 75 ft, asphalt. Full runway dimensions, lighting and approach aids are listed on this page.

Does U68 have an ILS approach?

No ILS is published. In total U68 has 1 published instrument approach, of which 1 are RNAV (GPS).

Which runway do instrument approaches serve at U68?

Every published approach serves one runway end. There is no instrument procedure to the reciprocal direction, so an arrival in instrument conditions commits to that single approach direction regardless of the wind.

Is U68 a towered airport?

No — North Big Horn County has no control tower. Traffic co-ordinates on a common frequency rather than with a controller, which is listed in the frequencies table on this page.

Are these U68 charts current?

They are from the FAA cycle effective 6 August 2026, which is superseded on 3 September 2026. We publish each new cycle on its effective date. They are for flight simulation and reference only — not for real-world navigation.

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