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″N104°42′4″W / 40.10000°N 104.70111°W /40.10000; -104.70111 | ||||||||||||||
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| Source:Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||||||
Platte Valley Airpark (FAALID:18V) is a public-useairport three miles northwest ofHudson, inWeld County,Colorado, United States. It is privately owned by Platte Valley Airpark Ltd.[1] and is 40 miles (64 km) northeast ofDenver.
Platte Valley Airpark covers 237acres (96 ha) and has tworunways:[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 theRocky 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]