North Fork Valley Airport
7V2 · Paonia, Colorado · Delta County · map
North Fork Valley Airport is a public-use airport owned by Delta County With Town of Paonia, 3 miles southwest of Paonia, Colorado, 5,788 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 4,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
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What is the airport code for North Fork Valley Airport?
Its FAA code is 7V2.
Where is North Fork Valley Airport?
It is 3 miles southwest of Paonia, Colorado, 5,788 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at North Fork Valley Airport?
Its one runway, 06/24, is 4,500 feet long, asphalt.
Does North Fork Valley Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at North Fork Valley Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to North Fork Valley Airport?
1 pilot examiner and 5 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for North Fork Valley Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 7V2
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Delta County With Town of Paonia
- Elevation
- 5,788 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; weekends, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 4,500 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 24: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Blake Field (20 nm west), Montrose Regional (23 nm southwest), Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional (38 nm southeast), Rifle Garfield County (42 nm north).
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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate PAPI runway 06 and 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self serve H24.
- Local weather - the common traffic frequency; 4 clicks.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Paonia from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Paonia, Colorado: 6 piston singles, 2 gliders, 1 drone. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Colorado.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 5 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 training center examiner.
- Bradley John Sullivan private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Grand Junction Regional Airport · Grand Junction, CO (45 nm) · (970) 210-5527 · [email protected]
All 8 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Paonia 9 aircraft · 6 piston singles, 2 gliders, 1 drones
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Colorado 2,857 since 1982 · 381 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 7,454 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/7V2.json.
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 23, 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.