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).
Weather right now KLHX · observed 1:53 pm MDT (19:53 UTC), 3 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 83°F (28°C), dew point 50°F (10°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 KLHX 061953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/10 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP127 T02830100
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in Colorado.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.