Yampa Valley Airport
HDN · KHDN · Hayden, Colorado · Routt County · map
Yampa Valley Airport is a public-use airport owned by Routt County, 2 miles southeast of Hayden, Colorado, 6,606 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 10,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHDN · observed 3:56 pm MDT (21:56 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (330°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 31°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.24 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:20 am MDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 11,000 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 1:00 pm MDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 11,000 feet, a broken layer at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm MDT (01:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 11,000 feet, a broken layer at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 12:00 am MDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHDN 062156Z AUTO 33007KT 10SM CLR 25/M01 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02501006
TAF KHDN 061720Z 0618/0718 11010KT P6SM SCT110 SCT250 FM061900 29007KT P6SM SCT110 BKN250 FM070100 VRB06KT P6SM FEW110 BKN250 FM070600 11007KT P6SM FEW250
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 HDN · ICAO KHDN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Routt County
- Elevation
- 6,606 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 10,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 510 ft, 9,490 ft available for landing
- Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the left, power line 110 ft high 3,850 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Hdn and aWOS-3PT | 119.275 | |
| Hayden and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.475 | |
| Hayden and rco | 122.3 | Hayden · Communications provided by denver radio on frequency 122.3 (Hayden rco). |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 970-276-3690.
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 Hayden from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Hayden, Colorado: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Colorado.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 since 1982, 4 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
- Required all aircraft depg runway 28 make right or left turnout as soon as safety permits after takeoff to avoid town of Hayden and comply with noise abatement procedures.
- Activate malsf runway 10; runway end identifier lights runway 28; PAPI runway 10; high-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for aircraft 12,500 pounds and over.
- Between 0600 - 2000 contact UNICOM prior to all tkfs and landings for paew advisories.
- Obstruction clnc slope 50:1 to displaced thld.
- Large flocks of sandhill cranes around airport in spring and fall.
- All aircraft report 10 minutes prior to takeoff/landing on 123.0 - monitor frequency 24 hours, paew on runway.
- Possible severe winter conditions from OCT-APR. check NOTAMs for airport conditions. No airport information nor snow removal guaranteed during hours of nonattendance.
- Runway 28 PAPI does not provide obstruction clearance beyond 4.0 NM from threshold.
- No rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index 9:00 pm to 6:00 am unless extn apvd by airport nlt 2300.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index B apr 16-DEC 14 6:00 am to 9:00 pm. Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index C dec 15-APR 15 6:00 am to 9:00 pm.
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.