Air Service
The Gillette-Campbell County Airport is located within 3 miles of the city limits of Gillette and is within 10 minute driving time of the downtown area. The Airport serves the commercial service and general aviation needs for a large portion of the Northwest corner of the state. Delta and United Airlines serves the Gillette-Campbell County airport through their code sharing partner Skywest with daily service to Denver, Salt Lake City and Rock Springs Wyoming. The Gillette-Campbell County Airport is a certificated Federal Aviation Regulation Part 139 airport. Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting is an Index "A" with Index "B" capabilities. The Gillette-Campbell County Airport is a TSA category IV security Airport.
“After living in and flying in and out of the Seattle Area for 12 years I have found that flying in and out of Gillette is a joy. In Seattle, I would have to get to the airport at least 2 hours before my flight, which meant I left home at least 3 or 4 hours before my flight. I would have to pay exorbitant amounts for parking and barely make my flight. In Gillette I head, up to the airport 45 minutes before my flight, park for free and walk right on the plane. Coming home is just as quick.”
- Local resident traveler
“After living in and flying in and out of the Seattle Area for 12 years I have found that flying in and out of Gillette is a joy. In Seattle, I would have to get to the airport at least 2 hours before my flight, which meant I left home at least 3 or 4 hours before my flight. I would have to pay exorbitant amounts for parking and barely make my flight. In Gillette I head, up to the airport 45 minutes before my flight, park for free and walk right on the plane. Coming home is just as quick.”
- Local resident traveler
Interstate and Highways:
Road transportation in and out of Gillette and Campbell County is very easy and on one of the main East/West Intestates in the nation. In addition there is easy access to a
Gillette is located on Interstate 90 providing excellent East/West transportation. Driving West on I-90 first takes you to an intersection with a primary North/South Interstate I-25. Further west on I-90 are Billings and Missoula Montana, Coeur d’Alene Idaho and Spokane and Seattle Washington. Driving East on I-90 takes you to Rapid City and Sioux Falls South Dakota, Madison Wisconsin, Chicago Illinois, Toledo and Cleveland Ohio. Interstate 90 ultimately terminates in the East in Boston Massachusetts after passing through New York.
Wyoming State Highway 59 provides a very good Southern route in and out of Campbell County. This highway will take you to Douglas where it connects to Interstate 25 leading to Cheyenne and Denver.
Railroads:
Campbell County is served by two railroads. The nation’s largest railroad; Union Pacific, and the nations second largest; Burlington Northern and Santa Fe (BNSF). Both railroads primarily serve the coal industry with several unit trains departing the Powder River Basin each day. There are rail parks in and around Gillette that cater to non-coal traffic and provide service to manufacturers and businesses that require rail service. BNSF entered Wyoming's low-sulfur coal-rich Powder River Basin in the 1970s through construction of the Powder River Basin Joint Line with Chicago and North Western. Coal goes north in unit trains on the three-to-four-track Joint Line to Gillette or south to Orin, where older BNSF lines and other railroads take it in all directions to coal-burning power businesses across the nation.