Platte Valley Airpark
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPlatte Valley Airpark Ltd.
OperatorMarilyn Taylor, Manager
LocationHudson, Colorado
Elevation AMSL4,965 ft / 1,513 m
Coordinates40°6′0″N 104°42′4″W / 40.10000°N 104.70111°W / 40.10000; -104.70111
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 4,100 1,250 Asphalt
9/27 2,500 762 Turf/gravel
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations4,100
Based aircraft26

Platte Valley Airpark (FAA LID: 18V) is a public-use airport three miles northwest of Hudson, in Weld County, Colorado, United States. It is privately owned by Platte Valley Airpark Ltd.[1] and is 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Denver.

Facilities

Platte Valley Airpark covers 237 acres (96 ha) and has two runways:[1]

  • 15/33: 4,100 x 40 ft (1,250 x 12 m): asphalt
  • 9/27: 2,500 x 90 ft (762 x 27 m): turf/gravel

In 2005 the airport had 4,100 aircraft operations, average 11 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. 78 aircraft are based at this airport: 96% single engine and 4% multi-engine.[1]

Data

  • VOR 114.7 (MILE HIGH) .... GPS no .... ILS no

Runway

  • Lights MIRL .... VGSI none .... App Lgts none .... Taxiway dirt soft when wet

Communication

  • CTAF/UNICOM 122.9 .... Lights 122.9 and 5 clicks

Contact information

  • Facility manager phone 303-536-0380

Services

  • TSNT Storage hangars and tiedowns
  • Fuel 100LL, MOGAS, and self-service, 24-hour credit card
  • Public phone and computerized WX planning in FBO
  • Aircraft and hangar rentals
  • Instructional services

Accidents and incidents

On September 18, 2022, a Sonex airplane that took off from the air-park with one person, its pilot, collided in Boulder County with a Cessna 172 that had taken off from the Rocky Mountain Airport with two persons on board, its pilot in-training and a teacher pilot. Both airplanes crashed and were destroyed on impact, killing all three people on board them.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for 18V PDF, as of 2007-03-15
  2. ↑ "3 pilots killed in mid-air collision involving 2 planes in Boulder County". 17 September 2022.
  • 2007-2008 Colorado Airport Directory, Colorado Division of Aeronautics, CDOT, 5126 Front Range Parkway, Watkins, Colorado, 80137
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