Burnham Field
6CO1 · Wellington, Colorado · Weld County · map
Burnham Field is a private airport, 6 miles northeast of Wellington, Colorado, 5,615 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,000 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6CO1
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 5,615 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1990
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,000 × 100 ft | Grass |
- Runway 26: right-hand traffic pattern
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Colorado.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
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.