Christman Field
CO55 · Fort Collins, Colorado · Larimer County · map
Christman Field is a private airport owned by Colorado State University, 3 miles northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado, 5,160 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 4,000 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CO55
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Colorado State University
- Elevation
- 5,160 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,000 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: power line 30 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 34: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 123.05 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency. |
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:
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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Pvt university airport.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Cntr marked with plus sign.
- 2 unlighted towers on airport, approximately 30 feet high.
- Airport under construction 03/01/2026 - 06/01/2026.
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.