Blanca Airport
05V · Blanca, Colorado · Costilla County · map
Blanca Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Blanca, 3 miles southwest of Blanca, Colorado, 7,720 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 6,160 feet of dirt.
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What is the airport code for Blanca Airport?
Its FAA code is 05V.
Where is Blanca Airport?
It is 3 miles southwest of Blanca, Colorado, 7,720 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Blanca Airport?
Its one runway, 03/21, is 6,160 feet long, dirt.
Does Blanca Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Blanca Airport?
1 pilot examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Blanca Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 05V
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Blanca
- Elevation
- 7,720 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1948
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 6,160 × 52 ft | Dirt, good |
- Runway 03: road on the approach
- Runway 21: road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: San Luis Valley Rgnl/Bergman Field (15 nm west), Spanish Peaks Airfield (40 nm northeast), Astronaut Kent Rominger Airport (42 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: San Luis Valley Rgnl/Bergman Field (15 nm west), Monte Vista Municipal (25 nm west), Leach Airport (33 nm northwest), Silver West Airport (37 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Colorado · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Unlimited vehicle access to field; wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- 1 to 2 feet vegetation both sides of runway full length.
- Runway 21 has +15 feet sprinkler within 200 feet of thld; intermittently.
- Runway 03 +35 feet pole 475 feet from runway end 50 feet R of centerline; +5 feet fence 10 feet from thld 0B; +15 feet building 560 feet from thld 225 feet R of centerline; +15 feet building 500 feet from thld 150 feet L of centerline.
- Runway 03/21 soft when wet.
- Runway 21 +20 feet hangar 185 feet L of thld and +8 feet road 213 feet from thld 0B.
- Runway 03/21 has 6 to 12 in dirt windrows along both sides full length.
- Be alert; intensive usaf student training in vicinity of Colorado springs and pueblo Colorado.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Blanca from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Blanca, Colorado: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Colorado.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes.
- James Denton Fleming private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Alamosa, CO (15 nm) · (719) 580-0225 · [email protected]
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Blanca 3 aircraft · 3 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in Colorado 2,857 since 1982 · 381 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Colorado 76 landing places
- Colorado 7,454 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/05V.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.