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).
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
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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 |
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in Colorado.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.