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.
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
- 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 |
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in Colorado.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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 5, 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.