Doctors Mesa Airport
6CO0 · Eckert/Orchard City, Colorado · Delta County · map
Doctors Mesa Airport is a private airport, 3 miles west of Eckert/Orchard City, Colorado, 5,680 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 6,750 feet of dirt-turf. It has fuel (100 octane avgas, car gas (mogas)).
The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6CO0
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 5,680 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, car gas (mogas)
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1994
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 6,750 × 110 ft | Dirt-turf, fair |
- Runway 08: hill 75 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 26: tree 20 ft high 360 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Aircraft registered in Eckert/Orchard City from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Eckert/Orchard City, CO as the owner's town.
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
- Powerlines across middle of runway 2352 feet from runway 26 end perpendicular to centerline; marked with 3 red powerline marker balls.
- Soft when wet.
- Vegetation/grass on and in the vicinity of runway.
- +200 feet mountains 3 miles west of airport.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Takeoffs to the east and landinge to the west preferred; southwest winds predominant.
- Runway 26 has end reflectors.
- (A522-26) +5 feet post 5 feet from thld 60 feet right of centerline; +3 feet brush 10 feet from thld left and right of centerline.
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.