Westwinds Airport
D17 · Delta, Colorado · Delta County · map
Westwinds Airport is a public-use airport owned by Westwinds Association, INC., 4 miles west of Delta, Colorado, 5,000 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 4,100 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA D17
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Westwinds Association, INC.
- Elevation
- 5,000 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1994
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 4,100 × 40 ft | Asphalt, fair | |
| 13/31 | 2,000 × 70 ft | Gravel and dirt, fair |
- Runway 22: trees 70 ft high 505 ft from the end
- Runway 13: hill 12 ft high 110 ft from the end
- Runway 31: road 15 ft high 225 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Delta from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Delta, Colorado: 20 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 1 piston twin. 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 · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
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
- +100 to 300 feet mountains located north; west and east of airport at varying distances.
- Closed to aircraft 8,500 pounds or more.
- Runway end coordinates: runway 13: 38 45 37.77 north 108 09 15.96 west runway 31: 38 45 22.28 north 108 09 03.23 west
- Has +10 feet trees 25 feet left of runway at thld.
- 10 feet road 100 feet from thld on both sides; 15 feet shed 150 feet from thld 60 feet left of centerline.
- Runway 13 end corrdinates: 38 45 37.8 north 108 09 16.0 south
- Runway 31 end coordinates: 38 45 22.3 north 108 09 03.2 south
- Runway 22 has 180 feet mountain 1500 feet from runway end, appch slope 7:1.
- Runway 4 has +120 feet terrain 2700 feet from thld 380 feet L of centerline.
- Runway 13/31 soft when wet.
- Runway 31 has +10 feet trees 150 feet from thld OB; +40 feet tree 600 feet from thld 50 feet R of centerline.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.