Mesa 1 Airport
81CO · Steamboat Springs, Colorado · Routt County · map
Mesa 1 Airport is a private airport, 5 miles south of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, 7,000 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,000 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 81CO
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 7,000 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2002
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2,000 × 60 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 08: power line 24 ft high 200 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Steamboat Springs from the FAA register
82 aircraft are registered to owners in Steamboat Springs, Colorado: 49 piston singles, 12 turboprops, 12 gliders, 5 balloons, 2 business jets. 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.