Windy Plains Airport
5CO0 · Cheyenne Wells, Colorado · Cheyenne County · map
Windy Plains Airport is a private airport owned by Aircheck LLC, 3 miles east of Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, 4,184 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 2,880 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5CO0
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Aircheck LLC
- Elevation
- 4,184 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1981
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,880 × 40 ft | Asphalt, fair | Low-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 2,485 × 30 ft | Dirt-grvl, fair |
- Runway 10: road 13 ft high 65 ft from the end
- Runway 28: road 15 ft high 82 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Cheyenne Wells from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Cheyenne Wells, CO as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 0 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
- Runway 04/22 sides slopes rutted; little or no clear zone along runway sides.
- +15 feet road 83 feet R of centerline at threshold; +8 feet stop sign and +5 feet fence 168 feet from and parl to threshold; +15 feet road 115 feet from runway end 0B. +3' electric box 90' from threshold on centerline.
- Runway 28 +4 feet fence 137 feet from threshold on centerline and 30 feet L of centerline at threshold.
- Runway 10 -5 feet ditch at threshold.
- Agricultural aircraft operations april through october.
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.