Mertens Airport
3CO2 · Sterling, Colorado · Logan County · map
Mertens Airport is a private airport, 6 miles west of Sterling, Colorado, 4,192 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,000 feet of gravel and dirt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3CO2
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 4,192 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1975
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,000 × 100 ft | Gravel and dirt |
- Runway 18: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Sterling from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Sterling, Colorado: 17 piston singles, 7 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
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
- Pvt use only. Traffic ptn west of airport to avoid conflict with traffic at crosson field.
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.