Airports / KLXV / Lake County AirportIATA LXVModerate ground coverage
Lake County Airport satellite view
📍 Leadville⬆ 9,927 ft1 runways
KLXV · LXV

Lake County Airport

39.22030°N
-106.31700°W
ARR / DAY
2
200.0%
DEP / DAY
2
30.0%

Lake County Airport (KLXV/LXV) is a small general aviation airport located in Leadville, CO, 74 mi south west of Lakewood. It features 1 runway measuring 6,400 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
5 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KLXV 282253Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 18/10 A3051 RMK AO2 SLP159 T01780100

Runways

1 installed

6,400 FT MAX
16/34
6,400 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

34
78% of ops
21 land · 1 TO
16
22% of ops
6 land · 21 TO
Runway 34 carries 78% of operations (21 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

34 21 landings
UA 0%
16 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 34 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 21 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
1.5
flights/day · 45 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 8pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–8pm local, averaging 1.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (2.0 vs 1.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 43 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 118.375
ASPEN RC 119.850
OTHER 119.850
ASPEN RC 363.150
OTHER 363.150
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDV
Mag var:
9° E
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Tony
8/12/2007
9927 Ft Elevation
North America's highest airport - land here, buy the Tee shirt, get the certificate. Check the weather before you proceed, the mountains on both sides of the valley here exceed 14,000 Ft.
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