The Flying Z Airport
87CD · Pueblo, Colorado · Pueblo County · map
The Flying Z Airport is a private airport, 18 miles southwest of Pueblo, Colorado, 5,440 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 1,600 feet of gravel.
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 87CD
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 5,440 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- November 2010
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 1,600 × 40 ft | Gravel, good |
- Runway 03: tree 40 ft high 480 ft from the end
- Runway 21: power line 57 ft high 975 ft from the end
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: Spanish Peaks Airfield (18 nm south), Pueblo Memorial (22 nm northeast), Fremont County (31 nm northwest), Perry Stokes Airport (48 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Spanish Peaks Airfield (18 nm south), Pueblo Memorial (22 nm northeast), Silver West Airport (29 nm west), Fremont County (31 nm northwest).
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
- Pvt airport prior permission required - amgr.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Pueblo from the FAA register
148 aircraft are registered to owners in Pueblo, Colorado: 137 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 2 gliders, 2 balloons, 1 turboprop. 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
Charter operators and airlines based in Pueblo:
- Travelaire Service, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate Travelaire Service, Inc.
Repair stations in Pueblo:
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 Pueblo 148 aircraft · 137 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 2 gliders
- Cae Doss Aviation INC 59 aircraft in town
- Southern Colorado Flight Professionals LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Travelaire Service INC 4 aircraft in town
- Western Enterprise LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Travelaire Service, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Cae USA INC · repair station
- Saber Aircraft Services LLC · repair station
- 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/87CD.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 26, 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.