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{{for-multi|the international airport serving Glasgow, Scotland|Glasgow Airport|other uses|Glasgow Airport (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox airport
| name    = Glasgow Valley County Airport
| nativename   = Wokal Field
| nativename-r  = {{small|(former Glasgow Army Airfield)}}
| image  = Glasgow Valley County Airport Logo.jpg
| image2    = Glasgow Airport - Montana.jpg
| caption2   = [[USGS]] 2006 [[orthophoto]]
| IATA       = GGW
| ICAO       = KGGW
| FAA       = GGW
| type     = Public
| owner-oper     = City of Glasgow & [[Valley County, Montana|Valley County]]
| city-served     = [[Glasgow, Montana]]
| location       = <!--if different than above-->
| opened        = <!-- {{start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| closed      = <!-- {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| passenger_services_ceased   = <!-- {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| elevation-f    = 2,296
| coordinates       = {{coord|48|12|45|N|106|36|53|W|region:US-MT_scale:40000|display=inline,title}}
| website       = [http://www.valleycountymtairport.com/ www.valleycountymtairport.com]
| pushpin_map       = USA Montana#USA
| pushpin_relief     = yes
| pushpin_map_caption      =
| pushpin_label      = '''GGW'''
| pushpin_label_position    = right
| r1-number         = 12/30
| r1-length-f       = 5002
| r1-surface        = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| r2-number        = 8/26
| r2-length-f      = 5000
| r2-surface        = Asphalt
| stat1-header        = Aircraft operations (year ending 5/15/2023)
| stat1-data        = 8,230
| stat2-header        = Based aircraft (2023)
| stat2-data        = 51
| footnotes       = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=GGW|use=PU|own=PU|site=27013.1*A}}, effective September 7, 2023.</ref>
}}
'''Glasgow Valley County Airport''' (Wokal Field)<ref name="FAA" /> {{airport codes|GGW|KGGW|GGW|p=n}}) is a public airport a mile northeast of [[Glasgow, Montana|Glasgow]], in [[Valley County, Montana]], United States.<ref name="FAA" /> It is served by one airline, subsidized by the [[Essential Air Service]] program.

The [[Federal Aviation Administration]] says this airport had 4201 passenger boardings (enplanements) in [[calendar year]] 2018, up 19.45% from 3517 enplanements in 2017.<ref>
 {{cite web
 | url = https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy18-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf
 | title = Enplanements for CY 2018
 | work = CY 2018 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
 | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration
 }}
</ref> The [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2017–2021 [[FAA airport categories|categorized]] it as a local general aviation facility.<ref name="NPIAS Airports">{{cite web|title=List of NPIAS Airports|url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/NPIAS-Report-2017-2021-Appendix-A.pdf|website=FAA.gov|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|access-date=9 July 2017|date=21 October 2016}}</ref>

Scheduled air service temporarily ceased on March 8, 2008, when [[Big Sky Airlines]] ended operations in bankruptcy. [[Great Lakes Airlines]] was given [[United States Department of Transportation|USDOT]] approval to take over Essential Air Service (EAS)<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.sidneyherald.com/news/article_19be8282-2603-502a-ae76-486507917ecd.html | title = Great Lakes prepares for Montana routes | work = Sidney Herald | location = Montana | date = December 30, 2007 | access-date = February 3, 2008}}</ref> and flights began in 2009.  Service is currently provided under EAS contract by [[Cape Air]].

==History==
'''Glasgow Army Air Field''', also known as the Glasgow Satellite Airfield, was activated on November 10, 1942. It was one of three satellite fields of [[Great Falls Army Air Base]] which accommodated a bombardment group. There were four Bomber Squadrons within this group, one located at the Great Falls Army Air Base and one at each of the three satellite air fields at Lewistown, Glasgow and Cut Bank.

The [[96th Bomb Squadron|96th Bombardment Squadron]] of the [[2d Bomb Wing|Second Bombardment Group]] arrived at Glasgow Army Air Field on November 29, 1942. Heavy bomber squadrons of the time usually consisted of 8 B-17s with 37 officers and 229 enlisted men. The satellite field was used by B-17 bomber crews from the Second Air Force during the second phase of their training. Actual bombing and gunnery training was conducted at the airfield's associated sites, Glasgow Pattern Bombing Range and the Glasgow Pattern Gunnery Range, though other training sites within the bombardment group were probably also used. The target-towing aircraft assigned to the Fort Peck Aerial Gunnery Range were also stationed at Glasgow. The last unit to complete training at Glasgow Satellite Field was the 614th Bombardment Squadron of the 401st Bombardment Group, which left for England in October 1943.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Closway, Gordon R.|title=Pictorial Record of the 401st Bomb Group|url= https://archive.org/stream/PictorialRecordofthe401stBombGroup#page/n5/mode/2up |access-date=September 10, 2013|year=1946 |publisher=Newsfoto Publishing Co.|location=San Angelo, TX|page=45}}</ref>

On December 1, 1944 a German prisoner-of-war camp was established at the site. On July 15, 1946 the Glasgow Army Air Field was classified surplus and it was transferred to the War Assets Administration on November 18, 1946.
<ref>{{AFHRA}}</ref>

The first airline flights were Frontier DC-3s in 1959; Frontier pulled out in 1980.

==Facilities==
The airport covers 1,552 acres (628 [[hectare|ha]]) at an elevation of 2,296 feet (700 m). It has two asphalt runways: 12/30 is 5,002 by 100 feet (1,525 x 30 m) and 8/26 is 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).<ref name="FAA" />

In the year ending May 15, 2023, the airport had 8,230 aircraft operations, average 23 per day: 4,750 [[general aviation]], 3,460 [[air taxi]], and 20 military. In May 2023, 51 aircraft were based at the airport: 48 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, and 1 [[helicopter]].<ref name="FAA" />

== Airline and destination ==
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The airport has one passenger airline:
{{Airport destination list
| [[Cape Air]] | [[Billings Logan International Airport|Billings]]
}}

=== Statistics ===
{{Bar graph
| title = Carrier shares (November 2021 - October 2022)<ref name="transtats.bts.gov">{{cite web|title=RITA BTS Transtats - GGW|url=https://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=GGW&Airport_Name=Glasgow,%20MT:%20Wokal%20Field/Glasgow%20International&carrier=FACTS|website=www.transtats.bts.gov|publisher = [[Bureau of Transportation Statistics]] (BTS), [[Research and Innovative Technology Administration]] (RITA), [[U.S. Department of Transportation]]|access-date=May 29, 2022}}</ref>
| bar_width   = 26
| width_units = em
| label_type  = Carrier&nbsp;&nbsp;
| data_type   = Passengers (arriving and departing)
| label1   = [[Cape Air]]
| data1    = 6250
| comment1 = 100%
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Top domestic destinations (November 2021 - October 2022)<ref name="transtats.bts.gov" />
|-
! Rank
! Airport
! Passengers
! Airline
|-
| 1
| [[Billings Logan International Airport|Billings, Montana]]
| 2,000
| Cape Air
|-
|2
|[[L. M. Clayton Airport|Wolf Point, Montana]]
|1,000
|Cape Air
|}

== See also ==
* [[Montana World War II Army Airfields]]
* [[List of airports in Montana]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

===Other sources===
{{refbegin}}
* Essential Air Service documents ([http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=DOT-OST-1997-2605 Docket DOT-OST-1997-2605]) from the [[U.S. Department of Transportation]]:
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1997-2605-0057 Order 2005-12-20 (December 30, 2005)]: selecting Big Sky Transportation Co., d/b/a [[Big Sky Airlines]], to continue providing essential air service at seven Montana communities (Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Lewistown, Miles City, Sidney, and Wolf Point) for a new two-year period beginning March 1, 2006, at a subsidy of $6,838,934 annually.
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1997-2605-0070 Order 2007-11-21 (November 26, 2007)]: selecting Big Sky Transportation Co., d/b/a [[Big Sky Airlines]], to continue providing essential air service at seven Montana communities for a new two-year period beginning March 1, 2008, at a subsidy of $8,473,617 annually.
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1997-2605-0071 Order 2007-12-22 (December 21, 2007)]: allowing Big Sky Transportation Co., d/b/a Big Sky Airlines, to suspend its subsidized essential air services at seven Montana communities on the date that [[Great Lakes Aviation]], Ltd., begins replacement service, and selecting Great Lakes to provide those services at subsidy rates totaling $8,201,992.
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1997-2605-0096 Order 2011-1-27 (February 2, 2011)]: selecting [[Gulfstream International Airlines]], to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) with 19-passenger Beechcraft B-1900D aircraft at Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Lewistown, Miles City, Sidney, and Wolf Point, Montana, for a two-year period beginning when the carrier inaugurates full EAS at all seven communities through the end of the 24th month thereafter (two-year period ended May 31, 2013), at a combined annual subsidy rate of $10,903,854. Aircraft: 19-passenger Beech 1900-D. Destination: Billings. The subsidy and level of service for each community is as follows: Lewistown $1,325,733 (12 nonstop round trips each week), Miles City: $1,621,821 (12 nonstop round trips each week), Sidney $2,932,152 (17 nonstop round trips each week), Havre $1,162,329 (12 one-stop round trips each week), Glendive $1,193,391 (12 one-stop round trips each week), Glasgow $1,166,049 (5 nonstop and 7 one-stop round trips each week), Wolf Point $1,502,378 (7 nonstop and 5 one-stop round trips each week).
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1997-2605-0204 Notice (June 28, 2013)]: from Silver Airways of its intent to discontinue scheduled subsidized Essential Air Service between Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Lewistown, Miles City, Sidney, Wolf Point, Montana and Billings, Montana. Commensurate with the end of subsidy eligibility, Silver Airways will end service to Lewistown and Miles City on July 15, 2013. Further, Silver Airways hereby serves 90-day notice of its intent to discontinue service to the communities of Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Sidney and Wolf Point, Montana effective September 27, 2013.
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1997-2605-0201 Order 2013-6-3 (June 4, 2013)]: extending the contract established under Order 2011-1-27, issued on February 3, 2011, for [[Silver Airways]], Inc. (formerly Gulfstream International Airlines), to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) operations at Lewistown, Miles City, Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Sidney, and Wolf Point, Montana, from June 1, 2013, until further notice.
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1997-2605-0222 Order 2013-9-4 (September 5, 2013)]: selecting Hyannis Air Service, Inc., d/b/a [[Cape Air]], to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) with 9-passenger [[Cessna 402]] aircraft at Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Sidney, and Wolf Point, Montana, for a two-year period beginning December 1, 2013, through November 30, 2015, at a combined annual subsidy of $11,950,426. The subsidy and level of service for each community is as follows: Glasgow $2,046,800 (2 trips per day), Glendive $1,944,467 (2 trips per day), Havre $2,036,254 (2 trips per day), Sidney $3,777,579 (5 trips per day), Wolf Point $2,145,326 (2 trips per day). Scheduled service: to Billings. Aircraft Type: Cessna 402 (9 passenger seats).
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1997-2605-0227 Order 2013-12-1 (December 2, 2013)]: Cape Air will commence full EAS at all five of the above communities beginning December 10, 2013, thereby establishing an end date for this contract of December 31, 2015.
{{refend}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.valleycountymtairport.com/ Glasgow Valley County Airport] website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130904032629/http://choiceaviation.com/facilities/glasgow-mt-kggw/ Choice Aviation], the [[fixed-base operator]] (FBO)
* [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=12&lat=48.2169&lon=-106.6139&w=750&h=800&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of August 1996]{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} from [[USGS]] ''[[The National Map]]''
* {{FAA-diagram|05382}}
* {{FAA-procedures|GGW}}
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