Platte Valley Airpark | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Platte Valley Airpark Ltd. | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Marilyn Taylor, Manager | ||||||||||||||
Location | Hudson, Colorado | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 4,965 ft / 1,513 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°6′0″N 104°42′4″W / 40.10000°N 104.70111°W | ||||||||||||||
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Source:
Federal Aviation Administration
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Platte Valley Airpark ( FAA LID: 18V) is a public-use airport three miles northwest of Hudson, in Weld County, Colorado, United States. It is privately owned by Platte Valley Airpark Ltd. [1] and is 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Denver.
Platte Valley Airpark covers 237 acres (96 ha) and has two runways: [1]
In 2005 the airport had 4,100 aircraft operations, average 11 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. 78 aircraft are based at this airport: 96% single engine and 4% multi-engine. [1]
On September 18, 2022, a Sonex airplane that took off from the air-park with one person, its pilot, collided in Boulder County with a Cessna 172 that had taken off from the Rocky Mountain Airport with two persons on board, its pilot in-training and a teacher pilot. Both airplanes crashed and were destroyed on impact, killing all three people on board them. [2]
Platte Valley Airpark | |||||||||||||||
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Summary | |||||||||||||||
Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Platte Valley Airpark Ltd. | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Marilyn Taylor, Manager | ||||||||||||||
Location | Hudson, Colorado | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 4,965 ft / 1,513 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°6′0″N 104°42′4″W / 40.10000°N 104.70111°W | ||||||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||||||
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Statistics (2005) | |||||||||||||||
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Source:
Federal Aviation Administration
[1] |
Platte Valley Airpark ( FAA LID: 18V) is a public-use airport three miles northwest of Hudson, in Weld County, Colorado, United States. It is privately owned by Platte Valley Airpark Ltd. [1] and is 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Denver.
Platte Valley Airpark covers 237 acres (96 ha) and has two runways: [1]
In 2005 the airport had 4,100 aircraft operations, average 11 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. 78 aircraft are based at this airport: 96% single engine and 4% multi-engine. [1]
On September 18, 2022, a Sonex airplane that took off from the air-park with one person, its pilot, collided in Boulder County with a Cessna 172 that had taken off from the Rocky Mountain Airport with two persons on board, its pilot in-training and a teacher pilot. Both airplanes crashed and were destroyed on impact, killing all three people on board them. [2]