📍 Hudson⬆ 4,965 ft2 runways
K18V ·
Platte Valley Airpark
40.10000°N
-104.70100°W
ARR / DAY
4
▲
300.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▲
0.0%
Platte Valley Airpark (K18V) is a small general aviation airport located in Hudson, CO, 22 mi north east of Thornton. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,100 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.
Safety incidents
Last 1 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KDEN, 17 mi away (K18V does not publish METAR)
Temp
76°F
Wind
4 kts
40°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
2 installed
09/27
2,500 ft × 90
TURF-GRVL-F○ unlit
15/33
4,100 ft × 40
ASPH-G● LIT
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
33
41% of ops
106 land · 31 TO
15
26% of ops
68 land · 78 TO
09
20% of ops
51 land · 16 TO
27
14% of ops
36 land · 10 TO
Runway 33 carries 41% of operations (106 landings, 31 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 26%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
33
106 landings
UA 5%
15
68 landings
UA 7%
09
51 landings
UA 22%
27
36 landings
UA 19%
Approaches to 33 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 106 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
7.0
flights/day · 209 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
85%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.900 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZDV
- Elevation:
- 4,965 ft
- Mag var:
- 11° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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