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
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 5,399 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 1,800 × 35 ft | Grass 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) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure 6:00 am to 10:00 pm | 120.1 | |
| 1V6 AWOS-3PT | 120.025 | |
| Pueblo and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.375 |
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
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.
