Leach Airport

Airport
1V8 is located in Colorado
1V8
1V8
Location of airport in Colorado
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 7,000 2,134 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations1,700
Based aircraft10
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Leach Airport (FAA LID: 1V8) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Saguache County, Colorado, United States. It is located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northeast of the central business district of Center, Colorado,[1] at County Road 53 & County Road C.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Leach Airport covers an area of 66 acres (27 ha) at an elevation of 7,598 feet (2,316 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,000 by 50 feet (2,134 x 15 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 3, 2009, the airport had 1,700 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 141 per month. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine and 10% ultralight.[1]

Data

  • VOR 113.9 (ALAMOSA) .... GPS no .... ILS no

Runway

  • Lights LIRL .... VGSI none .... App Lgts none .... Taxiway unk
  • RWY 12 has 110’ displaced threshold
  • RWY 30 has 1345’ displaced threshold
  • Agricultural operations May–September
  • 60 ft. powerlines 200 ft. from RWY 30 end on both sides of centerline
  • Itinerant ops: 200
  • Local ops: 1,500

Communication

  • CTAF/UNICOM 122.8 .... Lights 122.8 and ? clicks

Services

  • TSNT Storage hangars and tiedowns
  • Fuel 100LL
  • Transportation: courtesy car[3]
  • Other services: aerial spraying[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for 1V8 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ^ Google.com: Leach Airport Map and Data
  3. ^ a b CDOT Aeronautics: Leach Airport
  • 2007-2008 Colorado Airport Directory, Colorado Division of Aeronautics, CDOT, 5126 Front Range Parkway, Watkins, Colorado, 80137
  • Leach Airport from Colorado DOT Airport Directory
  • Aerial image as of September 1998 from USGS The National Map
  • Resources for this airport:
    • FAA airport information for 1V8
    • AirNav airport information for 1V8
    • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
    • SkyVector aeronautical chart for 1V8