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Fremont County

1V6 · Canon City, Colorado · Fremont County · map

Fremont County is a public-use airport owned by Fremont County, 6 miles east of Canon City, Colorado, 5,442 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 5,399 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).

The airport

Codes
FAA 1V6
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Fremont County
Elevation
5,442 feet above sea level
Pattern altitude
1,058 feet above the airport
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A
Repairs
airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
Parking
hangar, tiedown
On the chart
Denver sectional
Magnetic variation
8E
In the FAA's files since
March 1941

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

11291735N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
11/295,399 × 75 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
17/351,800 × 35 ftGrass and gravel, poor
  • Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left
  • Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left
  • Runway 17: building 30 ft high 1,270 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM122.8
Approach and departure 6:00 am to 10:00 pm120.1
1V6 AWOS-3PT120.025
Pueblo and center (remote transmitter) Low128.375

Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone (719) 784-2014.

Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com

Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.

Aircraft registered in Canon City from the FAA register

18 aircraft are registered to owners in Canon City, Colorado: 16 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 business jet. 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 · 18 since 1982, 4 fatal

2023-05-31CEN23LA211 · W10 Tailwind N456TW · accident · no injuries
2023-05-06CEN23FA174 · Pool Cessna R172 N15188 · accident · 4 killed
2020-11-20CEN21LA065 · Piper Pa32R N4187H · accident · no injuries
2020-02-02CEN20FA072 · Piper Pa28 N5969W · accident · 1 killed
2017-06-18CEN17LA236 · Wells John L JR Stol Ch 701 N999WX · accident · minor injuries
2017-01-28GAA17CA125 · Great Lakes 2T1A N16GL · accident · no injuries
2011-06-06CEN11CA410 · Taft, Malcolm J SR Glastar N238W · accident · no injuries
2007-10-29DEN08LA028 · Piper Pa-22-150 N2736P · accident · no injuries
2007-10-17DEN08LA014 · Cessna 210 N215MD · accident · no injuries
2006-12-31DEN07LA042 · Mino Kitfox 3 N928LM · accident · serious injuries
2005-07-01DEN05LA109 · Piper Pa46-500Tp N804JH · accident · no injuries
2001-04-08DEN01FA082 · Sandell Zenith Ch 200 N49DE · accident · 2 killed

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

  • Apron areas lighted.
  • Activate runway end identifier lights runway 11 and 29; PAPI runway 11 and 29; medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Vrbl 35 - 45 feet.
  • +32 feet hngr 1495 feet from threshold 100 feet R of extndd centerline.
  • Prarie dog holes thrut.
  • Crosses asphalt taxiway and runway.
  • Paved taxiways marked with blue and white reflectors.
  • Glider operations and towing on and in the vicinity of airport.
  • 2 feet trrn west of runway 17/35 and first 250 feet south of runway 11/29.
  • Ctn: usaf student training in the vicinity of Colorado springs and pueblo Colorado.

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.