Pinyon Airport
CO43 · Glade Park, Colorado · Mesa County · map
Pinyon Airport is a private airport, 2 miles northeast of Glade Park, Colorado, 6,980 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 3,400 feet of dirt.
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 CO43
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 6,980 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1992
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,400 × 90 ft | Dirt |
- Runway 05: trees on the approach
- Runway 23: trees 15 ft high 200 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: Grand Junction Regional (11 nm northeast), Blake Field (33 nm southeast), Hopkins Field (46 nm south), Montrose Regional (48 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Grand Junction Regional (11 nm northeast), Blake Field (33 nm southeast), Hopkins Field (46 nm south), Montrose Regional (48 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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Multicom frequency 122.900.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Glade Park from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Glade Park, Colorado: 6 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Colorado Mesa University 3 aircraft · Grand Junction, 13 miles away Colorado Mesa University is a university in Grand Junction, Colorado that offers academic programs including Aviation Technology and Unmanned Aircraft Systems through its CMU Tech division.
- Colorado Flight Center INC 1 aircraft · Grand Junction, 13 miles away Colorado Flight Center is a Part 61 flight school in Grand Junction, Colorado, offering flight training from private pilot through advanced ratings, scenic tours, aircraft rentals, and aircraft management.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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 Glade Park 8 aircraft · 6 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Colorado Mesa University 3 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Colorado Flight Center INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Colorado 2,860 since 1982 · 384 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/CO43.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 30, 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.