Platte Valley Airpark
18V · Hudson, Colorado · Weld County · map
Platte Valley Airpark is a public-use airport, 3 miles northwest of Hudson, Colorado, 4,965 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 4,100 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
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What is the airport code for Platte Valley Airpark?
Its FAA code is 18V.
Where is Platte Valley Airpark?
It is 3 miles northwest of Hudson, Colorado, 4,965 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Platte Valley Airpark?
The longest of its 2 runways, 15/33, is 4,100 feet long.
Does Platte Valley Airpark have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Platte Valley Airpark?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Platte Valley Airpark?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Happy Raptor Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Platte Valley Airpark?
11 pilot examiners and 30 aviation medical examiners 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 18V
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 4,965 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, sunrise to sunset
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1966
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,100 × 40 ft | Asphalt, poor | |
| 09/27 | 2,500 × 90 ft | Grass and gravel, fair |
- Runway 09: tree 46 ft high 87 ft from the end
- Runway 27: road 17 ft high 64 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Denver International (15 nm south), Erie Municipal (17 nm west), Greeley-Weld County (20 nm north), Colorado Air And Space Port Airport (21 nm south).
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
- Dirt taxiway soft when wet.
- 24 hour credit card service available.
- -3 feet ditch 45 feet north full length.
- +20 feet pole and +15 feet tank 185 feet from threshold 90 feet L of centerline; +30 feet pole 30 feet from threshold 90 feet L and R of centerline; +15 feet hngr 155 feet west of threshold 75 feet north of centerline.
- Rising gnd approx 555 feet from runway appch end 16 feet above runway end produces 22:1 clnc slope.
- Cracks and uneven.
- Taxiway int runway 09/27 mid field.
- RWY'S unlighted; RWY'S may not be mntnd in winter, vfy condition prior to use.
- Pole approx 221 feet from runway 15 approach end, 1 feet above runway end produces 21:1 clnc slope.
- 33 feet tree approx 48 feet right of runway edge, 200FT west of runway thld.
- Code for the FBO (fixed-base operator) - the common traffic frequency.
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 Hudson from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Hudson, Colorado: 5 piston singles, 1 gyroplane. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Happy Raptor Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Fort Lupton, 6 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
11 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 11 for private pilot, 10 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 10 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 8 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 30 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 6 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 12 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 6 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 38 training center evaluators, 133 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners, 3 administrative pilot examiners.
- Darrel Leroy Dilley private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · LaSalle, CO (14 nm) · (970) 590-6426 · [email protected]
- Cayce Batterson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Denver FSDO · Denver, CO (15 nm) · (303) 204-0213 · [email protected]
- Sarah Chantal Rovner private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Vector Air Erie · Erie, CO (17 nm) · (832) 464-5995 · [email protected]
- David Dziura private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Lafayette, CO (19 nm) · (860) 517-9140 · [email protected]
- Nelson Jacob Wolfmeier private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Watkins, CO (21 nm) · (303) 736-9554 · [email protected]
- Elliot Caldwell Crawford private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, gliders · Longmont, CO (22 nm) · (303) 594-4001 · [email protected]
- Gregory Richard Newman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · WESTERN AIR FLIGHT ACADEMY · Broomfield, CO (23 nm) · (480) 544-3421 · [email protected]
- Alexander Wernsman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Northern Colorado Regional Airport · Loveland, CO (27 nm) · (970) 814-8473 · [email protected]
All 250 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 14 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 Hudson 6 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 1 gyroplanes
- Happy Raptor Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 14 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 7,454 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/18V.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.