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Yankee Field

CO53 · Fort Collins, Colorado · Larimer County · map

Yankee Field is a private airport, 6 miles northeast of Fort Collins, Colorado, 5,050 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,700 feet of grass.

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

The airport

Codes: FAA CO53
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation: 5,050 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: every day, dawn to dusk
On the chart: Cheyenne sectional
Magnetic variation: 11E
In the FAA's files since: June 1997

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
18/36	2,700 × 55 ft	Grass, good

Aircraft registered in Fort Collins from the FAA register

165 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Collins, Colorado: 114 piston singles, 10 balloons, 9 piston twins, 9 drones, 8 gliders. 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:

Blue Ocean Aerospace LLC 6Walker Manufacturing CO 4Altevola LLC 4Scion Helicopters LLC 3Trim Tab LLC 2N19630 LLC 2Csa Foundation INC 2Colorado State University 2Airborne Perspectives LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Colorado.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal

2011-04-09CEN11CA289 · Rans S12 N3581S · accident · minor 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

Northern Colorado Regional FNL · 11 nm south Greeley-Weld County GXY · 20 nm southeast Easton/Valley View Airport 11V · 25 nm southeast Vance Brand Airport LMO · 29 nm south John Galt Heliport CO86 · 3 nm west · private Century Helicopters Heliport 0CO7 · 4 nm southwest · private Black Hollow Heliport 5CO5 · 4 nm northeast · private Poudre Valley Hospital Heliport CD07 · 5 nm southwest · private

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.