Sterling Municipal
STK · KSTK · Sterling, Colorado · Logan County · map
Sterling Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Sterling, 3 miles west of Sterling, Colorado, 4,038 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 5,201 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KSTK · observed 2:15 pm MDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 36°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 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 KSTK 062015Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM CLR 31/02 A3002 RMK AO2
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 STK · ICAO KSTK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Sterling
- Elevation
- 4,038 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
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 5,201 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 2,809 × 150 ft | Grass and gravel, fair |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, pole 37 ft high 646 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 04: road 16 ft high 139 ft from the end
- Runway 22: tree 43 ft high 613 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Brush B Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 118.475 | |
| Stk and aWOS-3 | 118.525 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 970-526-3009.
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 Sterling from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Sterling, Colorado: 17 piston singles, 7 turboprops. 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 · 10 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 runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 15 and 33 operates continuously. Incr medium-intensity runway lights intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Marking type - condition: runway 04/22 ends marked with red/green reflectors.
- Varmint holes near runway 04 end.
- Runway 04 departure has 8 feet fence 155 feet from departure end of runway.
- Taxiway and terminal tiedown area marked with blue reflectors.
- Aerobatic operations on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Be alert; intensive usaf student trg in the vicinity of kcos and kpub arprts.
- Intensive agricultural operations MAR-SEPT.
- Runway 4/22 soft and rough when wet.
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.