LA Junta Municipal
LHX · KLHX · La Junta, Colorado · Otero County · map
LA Junta Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of la Junta, 3 miles north of La Junta, Colorado, 4,229 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 6,849 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 17 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 8,632 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for LA Junta Municipal?
Its FAA code is LHX, and its ICAO code is KLHX.
Where is LA Junta Municipal?
It is 3 miles north of La Junta, Colorado, 4,229 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at LA Junta Municipal?
The longest of its 3 runways, 08/26, is 6,849 feet long.
Does LA Junta Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at LA Junta Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at LA Junta Municipal?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Prairie Flyers. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to LA Junta Municipal?
1 pilot examiner and 2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for LA Junta Municipal…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LHX · ICAO KLHX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of la Junta
- Elevation
- 4,229 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 6,849 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 5,803 × 60 ft | Asphalt and concrete, poor | |
| H1 | 145 × 145 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 28 ft high 1,351 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Pueblo and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.375 | |
| Lhx and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.525 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 719-384-5961.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, air ambulance, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Southeast Colorado Regional (39 nm east), Pueblo Memorial (49 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Colorado · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Antelope on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; PAPI runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway surface raveling with fod potential.
- Hvy agricultural operations durg summer months.
- Runway 12/30 has loose asphalt mtrl in prim surface west side of runway full length.
- Runway 12/30 edge undefined.
- Be alert; intensive usaf student training in the vicinity of Colorado springs and pueblo Colorado.
- Self serve JET-A not avail.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 16 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 8,632, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 8,140 |
| general aviation, local | 116 |
| military | 376 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in La Junta from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in La Junta, Colorado: 11 piston singles, 1 drone. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Colorado.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Prairie Flyers 1 aircraft · Rocky Ford, 12 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners.
- Christina Genova private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pueblo, CO (49 nm) · (719) 240-1942 · [email protected]
All 3 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in La Junta 12 aircraft · 11 piston singles, 1 drones
- 007 Dusting INC 3 aircraft in town
- Prairie Flyers 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 8 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Colorado 2,857 since 1982 · 381 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 7 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Colorado 76 landing places
- Colorado 7,453 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LHX.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.