Morning Shadows Ranch Airport
CD69 · South Fork, Colorado · Rio Grande County · map
Morning Shadows Ranch Airport is a private airport, 7 miles northeast of South Fork, Colorado, 8,300 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 4,400 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 CD69
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 8,300 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
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1988
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,400 × 80 ft | Grass |
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: Astronaut Kent Rominger Airport (8 nm east), Mineral County Memorial (20 nm west), San Luis Valley Rgnl/Bergman Field (36 nm southeast), Stevens Field (37 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Astronaut Kent Rominger Airport (8 nm east), Mineral County Memorial (20 nm west), Leach Airport (23 nm east), Monte Vista Municipal (26 nm southeast).
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 South Fork from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in South Fork, Colorado: 6 piston singles, 1 helicopter. 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 · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in South Fork 7 aircraft · 6 piston singles, 1 helicopters
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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 7,455 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CD69.json.
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 27, 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.