| Meadow Lake Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: KFLY – FAA LID: FLY | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Meadow Lake Airport Association, Inc. | ||
| Operator | Contact: Mark Shook (Vice President MLAA) | ||
| Serves | Falcon-Peyton and Colorado Springs, Colorado | ||
| Location | Unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 6,874 ft / 2,095 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 15/33 | 6,000 | 1,829 | Asphalt |
| 8/26 | 2,084 | 635 | Asphalt/Gravel |
| N/S | 1,800 | 549 | Asphalt/Turf |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 59,100 | ||
| Based aircraft | 256 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Meadow Lake Airport (FAA LID: KFLY) is a public use airport located 14 miles (23 km) northeast of the central business district of the city of Colorado Springs, in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is privately owned by the Meadow Lake Airport Association, Inc.[1] Meadow Lake is the largest pilot owned airport in the State of Colorado. Meadow Lake Airport went in service on November 1, 1967 and is a General Aviation reliever airport for Colorado Springs. There are several aviation related businesses on the airfield including flying schools and aircraft maintenance facilities. In 2010 the airport was approved for an FAA grant to provide an AWOS (Automated Weather Observation System). The system has been installed, and it was certified by the FAA on Oct 21, 2010. A change of FAA identifer from 00V to FLY (ICAO: KFLY) took effect on January 14, 2011.
Meadow Lake Airport covers an area of 800+ acres which contains three runways:[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 14, 2008, the airport had 59,100 aircraft operations, an average of 162 per day: 51% general aviation local, 19% general aviation transient, and 30% military. There are 256 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single engine, 4% multi-engine, 1% jet, 3% gliders, 2% ultralights, 1% helicopters, and no military.[1]