Cuchara Valley AT LA Veta Airport
07V · La Veta, Colorado · Huerfano County · map
Cuchara Valley AT LA Veta Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of la Veta, 1 mile north of La Veta, Colorado, 7,152 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,798 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Cuchara Valley AT LA Veta Airport?
Its FAA code is 07V.
Where is Cuchara Valley AT LA Veta Airport?
It is 1 mile north of La Veta, Colorado, 7,152 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Cuchara Valley AT LA Veta Airport?
Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,798 feet long, asphalt.
Does Cuchara Valley AT LA Veta Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Cuchara Valley AT LA Veta 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
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 07V
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of la Veta
- Elevation
- 7,152 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,798 × 60 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: threshold displaced 250 ft
- Runway 24: threshold displaced 198 ft, road 15 ft high 399 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Spanish Peaks Airfield (15 nm northeast), Perry Stokes Airport (36 nm southeast), San Luis Valley Rgnl/Bergman Field (41 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Spanish Peaks Airfield (15 nm northeast), Silver West Airport (34 nm northwest), Perry Stokes Airport (36 nm southeast), San Luis Valley Rgnl/Bergman Field (41 nm west).
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
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of runway.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - 122.7.
- Non standard: runway 6 first 96 feet unlighted; runway 24 first 92 feet unlighted.
- +7 feet fence 100 feet from and parl to threshold.
- +10 feet road 85 feet L of centerline at threshold.
- Marking faded.
- Marking faded.
- +7 feet fence 350 feet both sides; approach ratio 21:1 based on dthr.
- +15 feet road 540 feet from threshold 105 feet L; approach ratio 22:1 based on dthr.
- Runway and ramp surface cracking.
- Usaf student training in the vicinity of of Colorado springs and pueblo Colorado.
- Runway 24 has metal sign post WI 5 feet of runway edge at north taxiway approximately 500 feet from approach end.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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 La Veta from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in La Veta, Colorado: 5 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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 (41 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 · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in La Veta 6 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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 7,453 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/07V.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.