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Usaf Academy Davis Airfield

AFF · KAFF · Colorado Springs, Colorado · El Paso County · map

Usaf Academy Davis Airfield is a private airport owned by Usaf, 10 miles north of Colorado Springs, Colorado, 6,576 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 16C/34C, is 4,501 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

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 Usaf Academy Davis Airfield…

The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

The airport

Codes
FAA AFF · ICAO KAFF
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
Owner
Usaf
Elevation
6,576 feet above sea level
Control tower
A control tower · operates sunrise or 1245z++ (whichever is later) to sunset mon-fri, 1430z++ to 2130z++ saturday, excluding sunday and holidays.
Attended
March 1 TO September 30, Monday to THUR, sunrise or 1345z++; October 1 TO February 28, 29, friday/sunrise or 1345z++; Saturday, 1430z++ to 2130z++
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
Denver sectional
Magnetic variation
11E
In the FAA's files since
January 1943

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 4

16C34C16R34L16L34R0927N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
16C/34C4,501 × 75 ftAsphalt, good
16R/34L4,500 × 40 ftAsphalt
16L/34R3,513 × 75 ftAsphalt, good
09/272,493 × 75 ftAsphalt, good

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower124.15Academy
ATIS (recorded airport information)128.525Academy
Ground118.125Academy
Emergency121.5Academy
Operations Skytrain127.15Academy

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
none reported
Repairs
none at the field, as reported
Parking
hangars

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal (12 nm southeast), Fremont County (35 nm south), Centennial Airport (36 nm north), Pueblo Memorial (44 nm south).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal (12 nm southeast), Meadow Lake Airport (12 nm east), Colorado Springs East Airport (20 nm east), Fremont County (35 nm south).

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

  • Closed Sunday and fed holidays.
  • Closed Sunday and fed holidays.
  • (whichever is later) to sunset or 0200Z++ (whichever is earlier).
  • (whichever is later) to sunset or 0300Z++ (whichever is earlier).
  • (when nec to support 306 ftg flight operations); 306TH ftg summer operations MON-FRI 1300-0200Z++, Saturday 1430-2130Z++ (only when nec to support 306 ftg flight operations), closed Sunday and federal holidays.
  • No maintenance or transient service available.
  • Caution: use ctn for drone (UAS) operations 3-6 NM northwest SFC-8500 feet above sea level over Usaf Academy property.
  • FUEL-A++(military)
  • Comsec stor unavailable.
  • Caution: numerous non-standard mrks exist on afld.
  • See special notice U.S. air force Academy volume flight training areas for addn information.
  • Caution: ceiling may be lower to north, east, and west due to rising terrain. HI density VFR stu pilot training, glider training and prcht operations FR SFC-17500 feet above sea level WI 5 NM of afld. Use caution for drone (UAS) operations 3-6 NM northwest SFC-8500 feet above sea level ovr Usaf Academy property. Aerodrome runway CC not reported.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Colorado Springs from the FAA register

555 aircraft are registered to owners in Colorado Springs, Colorado: 383 piston singles, 56 balloons, 37 piston twins, 29 turboprops, 15 business jets. 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

Fuel and service companies in Colorado Springs, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles (12 nearest of 13, all in Colorado):

Charter operators and airlines based in Colorado Springs:

  • Rampart Aviation, LLC 15 aircraft on the certificate Rampart Aviation is a veteran-owned FAA Part 135 on-demand air carrier and FAA Part 145 repair station based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  • SkyRoads Aviation 1 aircraft on the certificate Skyroads Aviation is an on-demand charter operator based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Repair stations in Colorado Springs:

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 · 15 since 1982, 1 fatal

2026-05-29CEN26LA210 · Cessna 172S N386SP · accident · no injuries
2025-08-21CEN25LA332 · Cessna 172 N1401E · accident · no injuries
2025-01-27CEN25LA088 · Cessna 172S N51387 · accident · no injuries
2022-07-01CEN22LA297 · Cub Crafters INC Cc18-180 N469AK · accident · minor injuries
2018-08-16CEN18LA335 · Cessna R172E N146AC · accident · no injuries
2016-08-25CEN16LA348 · Piper Pa 18-180 N66898 · accident · no injuries
2012-03-24CEN12CA200 · Cessna 172P N97LP · accident · minor injuries
2010-12-08CEN11IA114 · Diamond Aircraft Ind INC da 40 N326AF · incident · no injuries
2009-06-27CEN09CA459 · Cessna 172P N52298 · accident · minor injuries
2008-11-18CEN09CA069 · Piper Pa-18-150 N905CC · accident · no injuries
2008-07-28DEN08IA130 · Raytheon Company Cobra N601RN · incident · no injuries
2002-04-26DEN02GA039 · Piper/Cub Crafters Pa-18-150 N990CC · accident · 1 killed

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.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

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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.