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Platte Valley Airpark

40.10000°N
-104.70100°W
ARR / DAY
2
53.1%
DEP / DAY
3
30.0%

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 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KDEN, 17 mi away (K18V does not publish METAR)

43m ago
Temp
89°F
Wind
12 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KDEN 122153Z 21012KT 10SM FEW075 BKN130 BKN220 32/06 A2993 RMK AO2 PK WND 28027/2055 VIRGA SLP041 T03170061

Runway intelligence

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

33
41% of ops
115 land · 34 TO
15
28% of ops
80 land · 105 TO
09
20% of ops
56 land · 15 TO
27
11% of ops
31 land · 9 TO
Runway 33 carries 41% of operations (115 landings, 34 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

33 115 landings
UA 7%
15 80 landings
UA 6%
09 56 landings
UA 18%
27 31 landings
UA 23%
Approaches to 33 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 115 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
6.5
flights/day · 196 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
84%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 6.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (6.9 vs 6.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 141 flights). Top three types: , , .

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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 22:36 UTC