Lake County
LXV · KLXV · Leadville, Colorado · Lake County · map
Lake County is a public-use airport owned by the County Commissioner, 2 miles southwest of Leadville, Colorado, 9,934 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 6,400 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KLXV · observed 3:53 pm MDT (21:53 UTC), 15 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 10,000 feet
- Temperature 62°F (17°C), dew point 26°F (-3°C)
- Altimeter 30.48 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 KLXV 062153Z AUTO 29009KT 10SM BKN100 17/M03 A3048 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE SLP174 T01671033
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 LXV · ICAO KLXV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County Commissioner
- Elevation
- 9,934 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to September, every day, 7:30 am to 4:30 pm; October to April, every day, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1962
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 6,400 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 150 × 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Lxv and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.375 | |
| Aspen and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.85 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 719-838-4630.
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 Leadville from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Leadville, Colorado: 6 piston singles, 1 helicopter. 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 · 21 since 1982, 2 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
- Obstrn lights on beacon tower.
- Activate PAPI runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway H1 has 6-8 inch lip all around edges; concrete has longitudinal and corner cracking.
- All taxiways and new ramp area marked with blue and white reflectors.
- Taxiway C and old ramp have potholes and loose aggregate.
- Runway H1 has 20-30 feet trees 130 feet east of pad.
- All pavement edges have soft shoulders.
- Runway 34 HA +50 feet power lines 750 feet right of threshold.
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.