Spanish Peaks Airfield
4V1 · Walsenburg, Colorado · Huerfano County · map
Spanish Peaks Airfield is a public-use airport owned by Huerfano County, 5 miles north of Walsenburg, Colorado, 6,055 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 4,715 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 4V1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Huerfano County
- Elevation
- 6,055 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1949
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,715 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 2,238 × 40 ft | Grass and dirt, fair |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 210 ft, 4,502 ft available for landing
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 02: 2,012 ft available for landing, fence 10 ft high 169 ft from the end
- Runway 20: 2,012 ft available for landing, fence 10 ft high 194 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| 4V1 AWOS-3PT | 123.6 | |
| Alamosa and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.375 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 719-738-1053.
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Aircraft registered in Walsenburg from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Walsenburg, Colorado: 6 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Colorado.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate PAPI runway 09 and 27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour credit card fuel available.
- Runway 02 5 feet fence at thld both sides of centerline.
- Runway 20 4 feet fence 240 feet from thld both sides of centerline.
- Approach slope 50:1 from dthr.
- Runway 02 rough and not well maintained.
- Runway 02 first 1000 feet has ruts and bumps.
- Be alert: intensive usaf student training act in the vicinity of Colorado springs and pueblo, county.
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.