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
- 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
- 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
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, 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Pvt airport prior permission required - amgr.
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.