High Plains Airport
CD15 · Simla, Colorado · Elbert County · map
High Plains Airport is a private airport owned by High Plains Airport, 9 miles north of Simla, Colorado, 5,870 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 4,100 feet of grass.
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 CD15
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- High Plains Airport
- Elevation
- 5,870 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2004
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,100 × 60 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 16: power line 27 ft high 220 ft from the end
- Runway 34: tree 45 ft high 530 ft from the end
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: Colorado Air And Space Port Airport (35 nm northwest), Centennial Airport (37 nm northwest), City Of Colorado Springs Municipal (40 nm southwest), Denver International (42 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Limon Municipal (21 nm east), Colorado Springs East Airport (29 nm southwest), Meadow Lake Airport (30 nm southwest), Colorado Air And Space Port Airport (35 nm northwest).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Simla from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Simla, Colorado: 3 piston singles. 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.
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 Simla 3 aircraft · 3 piston singles
- 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/CD15.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.