Silver West Airport
C08 · Westcliffe, Colorado · Custer County · map
Silver West Airport is a public-use airport owned by Custer County, Colorado, 9 miles southeast of Westcliffe, Colorado, 8,290 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 6,954 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA C08
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Custer County, Colorado
- Elevation
- 8,290 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1973
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 6,954 × 55 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 13: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 31: gnd 10 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| C08 and aWOS-3PT | 119.275 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 719-783-3544.
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 Westcliffe from the FAA register
22 aircraft are registered to owners in Westcliffe, Colorado: 21 piston singles, 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 · 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- H24 self serve.
- +15 feet hwy 120 feet west, parl to rcl full length, +4 feet fence 100 feet west, parl to rcl full length.
- +12 feet trrn 120 feet from threshold.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds 45 degrees slp.
- -5 to +12 feet trrn full length of runway in prim surface.
- Deer and elk in the vicinity of runway.
- Ctn: usaf student training in the vicinity of Colorado springs and pueblo airport.
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.