Circle 8 Ranch Airport
CO42 · Elizabeth, Colorado · Elbert County · map
Circle 8 Ranch Airport is a private airport, 3 miles southeast of Elizabeth, Colorado, 6,650 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 3,700 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CO42
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 6,650 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1992
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,700 × 80 ft | Grass | |
| 17/35 | 2,000 × 80 ft | Grass |
- Runway 26: power line 18 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 17: power lines 15 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 35: plines on the approach
Aircraft registered in Elizabeth from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Elizabeth, Colorado: 19 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 balloons, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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, 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided a mutually satisfactory agreement of operation is reached with neighboring airports (deadstick and pineview) and a clear 20:1 approach path must be established and maintained.
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.