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CO12 ·

Brighton Van-Aire Estates Airport

39.98300°N

-104.70500°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 42.9%

DEP / DAY

▼ 39.1%

Brighton Van-Aire Estates Airport (CO12) is a small general aviation airport located in Brighton, CO, 16 mi north east of Thornton. It features 1 runway measuring 3,681 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runways

1 installed

3,681 FT MAX

12/30

3,681 ft × 50

ASPH● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

86% of ops

77 land · 14 TO

14% of ops

13 land · 17 TO

Runway 12 carries 86% of operations (77 landings, 14 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 14%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

12 77 landings

UA 6%GA 2.6%

30 13 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 12 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 77 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

4.3

flights/day · 129 total

Busy hour (local)

12am

also 1pm · 2pm

Day vs night

71%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–2pm local, averaging 4.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (4.4 vs 4.5 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (16% of 102 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.900	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZDV
Elevation:: 5,061 ft
Mag var:: 11° E
Fuel:: 100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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