Leach Airport
1V8 · Center, Colorado · Saguache County · map
Leach Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Saguache, 4 miles northeast of Center, Colorado, 7,598 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 7,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Leach Airport?
Its FAA code is 1V8.
Where is Leach Airport?
It is 4 miles northeast of Center, Colorado, 7,598 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Leach Airport?
Its one runway, 12/30, is 7,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Leach Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Leach Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Leach Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Rio Grande Flying Association INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Leach Airport?
1 pilot examiner and 1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Leach Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1V8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Saguache
- Elevation
- 7,598 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1962
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 7,000 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 204 ft, trees 55 ft high 507 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 1,314 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency. |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Astronaut Kent Rominger Airport (15 nm west), San Luis Valley Rgnl/Bergman Field (23 nm south), Mineral County Memorial (42 nm west), Salida/Harriett Alexander Field (45 nm north).
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
- Obstruction removal or threshold dsplcmt.
- Runway 12/30 has +12 feet sprinklers along both sides of runway 54 feet from centerline full length of runway.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 12 has -5 feet ditch 120 feet from pavement end, +2 feet berm 126 feet from pavement end.
- Runway 30 has +60 feet power line and +4 feet snow fence at pavement end.
- Runway 12 has 135 feet nighttime displaced thld.
- Runway markings worn and faded.
- Runway markings worn and faded.
- Runway 12 approach slope 20:1 to displaced thld.
- Runway 30 approach slope 21:1 to displaced thld.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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 Center from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Center, Colorado: 13 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, 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:
- Rio Grande Flying Association INC 1 aircraft · Center
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
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
- James Denton Fleming private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Alamosa, CO (23 nm) · (719) 580-0225 · [email protected]
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
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 · 3 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 Center 13 aircraft · 13 piston singles
- Rio Grande Flying Association INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Colorado 2,860 since 1982 · 384 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 7,455 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/1V8.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.