Rangely Airport
4V0 · Rangely, Colorado · Rio Blanco County · map
Rangely Airport is a public-use airport owned by Rio Blanco County, 2 miles east of Rangely, Colorado, 5,278 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 6,409 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 16 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 47,115 takeoffs and landings a year.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA 4V0
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Rio Blanco County
- Elevation
- 5,278 feet above sea level
- 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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1962
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 6,409 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Automated UNICOM. |
| 4V0 AWOS-3PT | 119.025 | |
| Grand Mesa B Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 134.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 970-878-3979.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 47,115, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Rangely from the FAA register
22 aircraft are registered to owners in Rangely, Colorado: 21 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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 · 5 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Minor emergency services upon request.
- Three flashing haz beacons outline obstruction hills east.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 07 and 25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 07 oper 24 hours.
- Automated UNICOM.
- Self service fuel available with credit card.
- Deer periodically on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway marked with blue reflectors.
- Runway 07/25 shoulders soft when wet.
- Runway 07 has 8 feet fence line 520 feet from thld OB, 66 feet trees 2500 feet from thld 600 feet left of centerline.
- Runway 25 has 10 feet fence line 615 feet from thld OB.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -17C.
- Nmrs prairie dog holes on and in the vicinity of runway safety areas.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Rangely 22 aircraft · 21 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- Colorado Northwestern Community College 10 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Colorado 2,857 since 1982 · 382 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 4 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Colorado 76 landing places
- Colorado 7,447 aircraft registered
These connections as data: /graph/airport/4V0.json · about the eFlight graph.
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.