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Scenic Mesa Ranch Airport

CD02 · Hotchkiss, Colorado · Delta County · map

Scenic Mesa Ranch Airport is a private airport owned by Opoch Mesa, LLC Attn: Peter Slaugh, 5 miles ssw of Hotchkiss, Colorado, 6,116 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,000 feet of asphalt and gravel.

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

The airport

Codes: FAA CD02
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: Opoch Mesa, LLC Attn: Peter Slaugh
Elevation: 6,116 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
On the chart: Denver sectional
In the FAA's files since: December 2025

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
13/31	3,000 × 40 ft	Asphalt and gravel, fair

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)

122.9

Aircraft registered in Hotchkiss from the FAA register

11 aircraft are registered to owners in Hotchkiss, Colorado: 6 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 1 helicopter, 1 balloon. 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:

B1Rd Flying LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Colorado.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Crawford Airport 99V · 6 nm east North Fork Valley Airport 7V2 · 8 nm northeast Montrose Regional MTJ · 15 nm southwest Blake Field AJZ · 15 nm west Westwinds Airport D17 · 18 nm west Redlands Airport 44CO · 6 nm north · private Gunnison River Farms Airport 2CO5 · 7 nm northwest · private Boeing Field 43CO · 7 nm northeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

VFR operations only.
Runway is 1740 feet asphalt with 630 feet gravel from threshold to asphalt at each end.
First 630 feet from threshold is gravel surface.
First 630 feet from threshold is gravel surface.
Runway is 1740 feet asphalt with 630 feet gravel from threshold to asphalt at each end.
VFR only.

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.