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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- December 2025
Runway
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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Montrose Regional (15 nm southwest), Blake Field (15 nm west), Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional (41 nm east), Grand Junction Regional (43 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: North Fork Valley Airport (8 nm northeast), Montrose Regional (15 nm southwest), Blake Field (15 nm west), Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional (41 nm east).
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
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Colorado.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Hotchkiss 11 aircraft · 6 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 1 helicopters
- B1Rd Flying LLC 2 aircraft in town
- 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 7,453 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CD02.json.
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 29, 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.