Colorado Plains Regional Airport is a public-use airport

Airport

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 located on the north side city limits of Akron, Colorado

Akron, Colorado

The Town of Akron is a Statutory Town that is the county seat and the most populous town of Washington County, in the U.S. State of Colorado. The town population was 1,702 at the U.S. Census 2010.- Geography :...

, a town in Washington County

Washington County, Colorado

Washington County is the 12th most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 4,926 at U.S. Census 2000. The county was named in honor of the United States President George Washington...

, Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

, United States

United States

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. The airport is approximately 115 miles (185.1 km) northeast of Denver

Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

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Facilities and aircraft

Colorado Plains Regional Airport covers an area of 639 acres (258.6 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 4,714 feet (1,437 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 11/29 with a 7,000 x 100 ft (2,134 x 30 m) asphalt

Asphalt

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 pavement.

For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2006, the airport had 21,220 aircraft operations, an average of 58 per day: 99% general aviation

General aviation

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, 1% air taxi

Air taxi

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, <1% military

Military aviation

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 and <1% scheduled commercial

Airline

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. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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and 12% multi-engine.

Services: TSNT Storage (hangars and tiedowns), fuel (100LL, JET A1), courtesy car, public phone and computerized WX planning in FBO, aircraft and hangar rentals, instructional services, Aerial spraying (April - October).