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CO12 ·
Brighton Van-Aire Estates Airport
39.98300°N
-104.70500°W
ARR / DAY
2
▲
71.4%
DEP / DAY
2
▼
15.0%
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 3,950 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KDEN, 9 mi away (CO12 does not publish METAR)
Temp
90°F
Wind
11 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
12/30
3,950 ft × 50
ASPH● LITMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
12
82% of ops
98 land · 15 TO
30
18% of ops
21 land · 15 TO
Runway 12 carries 82% of operations (98 landings, 15 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 18%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
12
98 landings
UA 8%GA 3.1%
30
21 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 12 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 98 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 · 128 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 1pm · 2pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
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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