Melon Field
1CO5 · Rocky Ford, Colorado · Otero County · map
Melon Field is a private airport owned by Melon Fld INC, 3 miles southeast of Rocky Ford, Colorado, 4,260 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 3,780 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1CO5
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Melon Fld INC
- Elevation
- 4,260 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1966
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,780 × 45 ft | Asphalt, fair | Non-standard lights |
| 18/36 | 2,500 × 44 ft | Gravel, fair |
- Runway 18: fence on the approach
- Runway 36: road 15 ft high 15 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Rocky Ford from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Rocky Ford, Colorado: 9 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Colorado.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runways 08/26 and 18/36 surface rough and soft spots.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - 122.9.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights. Threshold marked by 3 lights each side of centerline; 100 feet dist between edge lights; edge and threshold lights marked with tires.
- +6' gnd 73' from and parallel to threshold marked with reflectors; +20' wind sock 65' from threshold 105' L centerline; +4' fence 75' R and parallel to centerline from threshold to intersection runway 18/36.
- +15' road 25' from and parallel to threshold; +4' fence 60' from and parallel to threshold; -3' ditch 15' from and parallel to threshold.
- Extensive crop spraying operations in the area.
- Runway 36 -3 feet ditch 10 feet from and parallel to threshold; +4 feet fence 55 feet L of and parallel to centerline from threshold intersection runway 08/26.
- 3 in to 4 in weeds in clear area both sides of runway 08/26 entire length.
- Runway 18/36 stopway north end rough.
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.