Greeley-Weld County
GXY · KGXY · Greeley, Colorado · Weld County · map
Greeley-Weld County is a public-use airport owned by Greeley-Weld CO Arpt Auth, 3 miles east of Greeley, Colorado, 4,697 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 10,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KGXY · observed 2:56 pm MDT (20:56 UTC), 24 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 91°F (33°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 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 KGXY 062056Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 33/M01 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP137 T03281011 58021
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 GXY · ICAO KGXY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Greeley-Weld CO Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 4,697 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1944
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 10,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 5,801 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 20 × 20 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
| H2 | 20 × 20 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 35: ILS with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 1,100 ft
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 28: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 126.65 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.85 | |
| Tomsn and star | 119.3 | |
| Dandd and star · Larks · Powdr and star | 120.35 | |
| Denver A Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 126.5 | |
| Brnko Rnav Star · Pinnr Rnav Star | 127.05 | |
| Hayden and center (remote transmitter) High | 128.325 | |
| Gxy and aWOS-3PT | 135.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 970-352-3511.
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 Greeley from the FAA register
510 aircraft are registered to owners in Greeley, Colorado: 370 piston singles, 80 piston twins, 18 business jets, 16 helicopters, 15 turboprops. 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 · 51 since 1982, 5 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
- Runway 17/35 preferred use when an X wind component exceeds 12 KT on runway 10/28.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runways 10/28 and 17/35, and runway end identifier lights runways 10, 28, 17, and 35 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 10, 17, 35, and VASI runway 28 operates 24 hours.
- 10 feet dirt aces road at thld and parl to extdd centerline; 9 feet crops 140 feet from thld 90 feet left and right of centerline.
- Runway 35 preferred use when wind less than 5 knots. Runway 35 preferred for tgl.
- Wildlife and birds on and in the vicinity of aprt.
- Oil drilling rigs up to 120 feet on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Ctn intensive usaf student T in the vicinity of Colorado springs and pueblo, Colorado
- Aircraft depg runway 28 avoid SB turn PR to xng runway 10 thld.
- Ctn extended taxi dist to runway 17/35 via taxiway C1
- Two helicopter parking psn (tdpc marked) located on west edge of main apn; no designated helipads.
- Txy pavement strength is less than published runway pcr; taxiways consist of older pavement and have not been evaluated.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.