Virga Ridge Field
5CO7 · Wellington, Colorado · Weld County · map
Virga Ridge Field is a private airport, 3 miles ese of Wellington, Colorado, 5,350 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 1,200 feet of dirt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5CO7
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 5,350 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2026
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 1,200 × 50 ft | Dirt, fair |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Northern Colorado Regional (14 nm south), Greeley-Weld County (20 nm southeast), Cheyenne Rgnl/Jerry Olson Field (29 nm north), Vance Brand Airport (33 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Northern Colorado Regional (14 nm south), Greeley-Weld County (20 nm southeast), Cheyenne Rgnl/Jerry Olson Field (29 nm north), Vance Brand Airport (33 nm south).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Wellington from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Wellington, Colorado: 7 piston singles, 2 gliders, 2 drones, 2 balloons, 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, 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:
- Freedom Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Fort Collins, 12 miles away
- High Planes Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Fort Collins, 12 miles away
- Noco Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Fort Collins, 12 miles away Northern Colorado Flying Club is a tax-exempt recreational flying club organized to provide convenient and economical recreational flying for its members.
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Wellington 15 aircraft · 7 piston singles, 2 gliders, 2 drones
- Csa Foundation INC 3 aircraft in town
- Fulcrumair CORP 2 aircraft in town
- Freedom Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- High Planes Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Noco Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in Colorado 2,860 since 1982 · 383 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 7,485 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5CO7.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 November 6, 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.