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Colorado Plains Regional Airport

40.17560°N
-103.22200°W
ARR / DAY
2
26.1%
DEP / DAY
5
20.8%

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
13 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KAKO 071353Z AUTO 25013KT 10SM CLR 22/14 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP075 T02170139 $

Runways

1 installed

7,000 FT MAX
11/29
7,000 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

11
90% of ops
124 land · 4 TO
29
10% of ops
14 land · 49 TO
Runway 11 carries 90% of operations (124 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 10%.

Approach quality

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

11 124 landings
UA 0%
29 14 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 11 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 124 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
8.8
flights/day · 263 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
81%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 8.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (9.0 vs 9.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 216 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 135.475
AKRON RC 122.200
OTHER 122.200
BRUSH/A/ 133.950
OTHER 133.950
BRUSH/A/ 317.550
OTHER 317.550
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDV
Elevation:
4,716 ft
Mag var:
10° E
Fuel:
100LL, A1

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

2
XingR
7/29/2007
Many should add this after 8 Sep 2007
haven't had the pleasure of visiting here yet but there's a great show scheduled for 8 Sep 2007 .. classic radials, fancy cars and lots of fun.
Aviatrix
7/27/2007
Strange juxtaposition
First time I ever saw tumbleweed caught in a snowbank.
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