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 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 10,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Central Colorado Regional?
Its FAA code is AEJ, and its ICAO code is KAEJ.
Where is Central Colorado Regional?
It is 2 miles south of Buena Vista, Colorado, 7,950 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Central Colorado Regional?
Its one runway, 15/33, is 8,303 feet long, asphalt.
Does Central Colorado Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Central Colorado Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Central Colorado Regional?
3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Salida/Harriett Alexander Field (17 nm south), Lake County (26 nm north), Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional (42 nm southwest).
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
- 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.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 19 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 10,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 5,970 |
| general aviation, local | 3,893 |
| military | 137 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 engineering representative.
All 4 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
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 · 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. 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 Buena Vista 11 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 gliders
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 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 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/AEJ.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.