Central Colorado Regional
AEJ · KAEJ · Buena Vista, Colorado · Chaffee County · map
Central Colorado Regional is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Buena Vista, 2 miles south of Buena Vista, Colorado, 7,950 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 8,303 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 19 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 10,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KAEJ · observed 5:15 pm MDT (23:15 UTC), 16 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 29°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.32 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAEJ 062315Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR 20/M01 A3032 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW T01981014
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AEJ · ICAO KAEJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Buena Vista
- Elevation
- 7,950 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 8,303 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 24 ft high 750 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Denver B Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 119.85 | |
| Aej and aWOS-3 | 132.925 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 719-395-2599.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 10,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Buena Vista from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Buena Vista, Colorado: 8 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 glider. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Colorado.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- All taxiways marked with blue/yellow reflectors.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 and PAPI runways 15 and 33 - the common traffic frequency.
- PAPI unuse beyond 9 degrees left of course.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- -3 feet drainage ditch 170 feet east of runway 15/33 centerline, full length.
- Runway 15 has +25 feet tree 765 feet from thld 275 R of centerline.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -21C.
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.