Vance Brand Airport
LMO · KLMO · Longmont, Colorado · Boulder County · map
Vance Brand Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Longmont, 3 miles southwest of Longmont, Colorado, 5,055 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 4,799 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)).
Weather right now KLMO · observed 3:55 pm MDT (21:55 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (140°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 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 KLMO 062155Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM CLR 30/M01 A3010 RMK AO2 T03001011
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 LMO · ICAO KLMO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Longmont
- Elevation
- 5,055 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1946
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 4,799 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: VASI, two boxes on the left, tree 36 ft high 826 ft from the end
- Runway 29: VASI, two boxes on the left, road 8 ft high 436 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.975 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.125 | |
| Lmo and aWOS-3 | 120.0 | |
| 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 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 303-684-7545.
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 Longmont from the FAA register
161 aircraft are registered to owners in Longmont, Colorado: 125 piston singles, 10 gliders, 6 balloons, 5 turboprops, 5 piston twins. 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 · 22 since 1982, 1 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 medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 and VASI runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- VASI unuslb beyond 3.9 NM. VASI does not provide obstruction clnc beyond 3.9 NM from thld.
- Ultralight and helicopter activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 11 has -7 feet ditch 420 feet and 900 feet from thld on extdd thld.
- Runway 29 has +15 feet hwy 702 feet from thld; +25 to 35 feet buildings/tanks aproxly 1300 feet L of thld.
- Parajumping on and in vicinity of airport primarily south of runway, avoid overflights mid field.
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.