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Hildebrandt Airport

CO22 · Bethune, Colorado · Kit Carson County · map

Hildebrandt Airport is a private airport, 3 miles wsw of Bethune, Colorado, 4,300 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 4,000 feet of gravel.

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

The airport

Codes
FAA CO22
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation
4,300 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
around the clock
On the chart
Wichita sectional
In the FAA's files since
August 1998

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

01191028N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
01/194,000 × 75 ftGravel
10/281,800 × 75 ftGravel

Aircraft registered in Bethune from the FAA register

2 aircraft are registered to owners in Bethune, Colorado: 1 turboprop, 1 piston single. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Colorado.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 fatal

1989-11-24DEN90DTE01 · Lanier Thorp T-18 N18FL · accident · 1 killed
1987-10-01DEN87LA248 · Cessna 182F N3155U · accident · serious injuries

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

  • Provided VFR operations only; recommend a 20:1 approach slope be established and maintained.
  • GRVL-DIRT
  • GRVL-DIRT
  • Intnsv agricultural aircraft act in the vicinity of airport APR-SEP.

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.