Dove Creek Airport
8V6 · Dove Creek, Colorado · Dolores County · map
Dove Creek Airport is a public-use airport owned by Dove Creek Airport INC, 1 mile east of Dove Creek, Colorado, 6,975 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 4,200 feet of dirt.
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What is the airport code for Dove Creek Airport?
Its FAA code is 8V6.
Where is Dove Creek Airport?
It is 1 mile east of Dove Creek, Colorado, 6,975 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Dove Creek Airport?
Its one runway, 01/19, is 4,200 feet long, dirt.
Does Dove Creek Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Dove Creek Airport?
1 aviation medical examiner 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 Dove Creek Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8V6
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Dove Creek Airport INC
- Elevation
- 6,975 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 725 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1944
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 4,200 × 50 ft | Dirt, fair |
- Runway 01: road 11 ft high 150 ft from the end
- Runway 19: road 19 ft high 51 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Cortez Municipal (30 nm southeast), Blanding Municipal (30 nm west), Hopkins Field (32 nm northeast), Telluride Regional (48 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Monticello Airport (24 nm northwest), Cortez Municipal (30 nm southeast), Blanding Municipal (30 nm west), Hopkins Field (32 nm northeast).
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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Pattern altitude 7700 above sea level.
- Soft when wet; -3FT ditch along both sides; +4 feet bushes various locations 15 feet from runway edge.
- +4 feet fence 0 feet from and parrallel to threshold; +15 feet road 80 feet from and parallel to threshold; +30 feet trees 189 feet from threshold; approach ration 0:1.
- +12 feet gnd 258 feet R of centerline parallel to extdd centerline first 500 feet.
- Rodent holes throughout.
- Airport closed when snow covered.
- Vehicles on airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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 Dove Creek from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Dove Creek, Colorado: 2 piston singles. 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
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
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 Dove Creek 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- 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 6 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Colorado 76 landing places
- Colorado 7,453 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/8V6.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.