Meadow Lake Airport
FLY · KFLY · Colorado Springs, Colorado · El Paso County · map
Meadow Lake Airport is a public-use airport owned by Meadow Lake Airport Assoc., INC., 14 miles northeast of Colorado Springs, Colorado, 6,878 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 6,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KFLY · observed 2:15 pm MDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (090°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 31°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.26 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KFLY 062015Z AUTO 09003KT 10SM CLR 28/M01 A3026 RMK AO2 T02751007
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FLY · ICAO KFLY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Meadow Lake Airport Assoc., INC.
- Elevation
- 6,878 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1967
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 6,001 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 5,001 × 200 ft | Grass, fair | |
| 08/26 | 2,126 × 35 ft | Asphalt and gravel, fair |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 18 ft high 558 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 16: berm 7 ft high 72 ft from the end
- Runway 08: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.0 | |
| Fly and aWOS-3PT | 118.450 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 719-683-5371.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Colorado Springs from the FAA register
555 aircraft are registered to owners in Colorado Springs, Colorado: 382 piston singles, 56 balloons, 37 piston twins, 29 turboprops, 15 business jets. 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 · 32 since 1982, 2 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33; activate and incr intst medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 15 and 33 on continuously.
- Dave elliott association president.
- 100LL available 24 hours self service credit card.
- Runway 08/26 1149 feet gravel on east end of runway, 925 feet asphalt on west end of runway.
- Gliders operate on 16/34 and west side of airport.
- Runway 26; 4 feet terrain 5 feet from runway edge first 100 feet on both sides of runway.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of of airport.
- Runway 26; 4 feet fence 50 feet right of centerline 95 feet from thld.
- Ctn:; intensive usaf student tng in the vicinity of Colorado Springs and pueblo Colorado.
- Runway 26: 15 feet road extds east from thld.
- Ctn: pwrd paragliders and mobile aerostats oper southeast side of airport SFC-500 feet.
- Runway 16/34 has edges and thlds marked with white tires.
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.