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) and about 24 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 2,413 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Sterling Municipal?
Its FAA code is STK, and its ICAO code is KSTK.
Where is Sterling Municipal?
It is 3 miles west of Sterling, Colorado, 4,038 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Sterling Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 15/33, is 5,201 feet long.
Does Sterling Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Sterling Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Sterling Municipal?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Markal Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Sterling Municipal?
1 aviation medical examiner 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 Sterling Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Colorado Plains Regional (26 nm south), Fort Morgan Municipal (30 nm southwest), Sidney Muni/Lloyd W Carr Field (32 nm northeast).
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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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 | 19 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| jets | 1 |
| 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 2,413, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 116 |
| general aviation, travelling | 1,121 |
| general aviation, local | 1,132 |
| military | 44 |
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 Sterling from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Sterling, Colorado: 18 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, 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:
- Markal Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Sterling Marshall County Flying Club is a 30-member general aviation flying club based at Marshall County Airport in Lacon, Illinois.
Charter operators and airlines based in Sterling:
- Aero S.E.A.T. Inc 3 aircraft on the certificate Aero Applicators, Inc.
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
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner, 2 mechanic examiners.
All 3 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
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 · 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. 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 Sterling 25 aircraft · 18 piston singles, 7 turboprops
- Aero Seat INC 3 aircraft in town
- Aero Applicators INC 3 aircraft in town
- Aero S e A T INC 2 aircraft in town
- Aero S.E.A.T. Inc 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Markal Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Colorado 2,857 since 1982 · 381 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 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/STK.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 29, 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.