Leach Airport
| Leach Airport | |||||||||||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 1V8 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | County of Saguache | ||||||||||
| Serves | Center, Colorado | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 7,598 ft / 2,316 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°47′06″N 106°02′49″W / 37.78500°N 106.04694°W | ||||||||||
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  1V8 Location of airport in Colorado | |||||||||||
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Leach Airport (FAA LID: 1V8) is a county owned, public use airport in Saguache County, Colorado, United States. It is located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northeast of the central business district of Center, Colorado,[1] at County Road 53 & County Road C.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
Leach Airport covers an area of 66 acres (27 ha) at an elevation of 7,598 feet (2,316 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,000 by 50 feet (2,134 x 15 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending September 3, 2009, the airport had 1,700 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 141 per month. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine and 10% ultralight.[1]
Data
Navigation
- VOR 113.9 (ALAMOSA) .... GPS no .... ILS no
Runway
- Lights LIRL .... VGSI none .... App Lgts none .... Taxiway unk
- RWY 12 has 110’ displaced threshold
- RWY 30 has 1345’ displaced threshold
- Agricultural operations May–September
- 60 ft. powerlines 200 ft. from RWY 30 end on both sides of centerline
- Itinerant ops: 200[3]
- Local ops: 1,500.[3]
Communication
- CTAF/UNICOM 122.8 .... Lights 122.8 and ? clicks
Contact Information
- Airport Manager: Peggy McIntosh[4]
- Airport Phone: 719-655-2321
- After-Hours Phone: NONE
Services
- TSNT Storage hangars and tiedowns
- Fuel 100LL
- Transportation: Courtesy Car[4]
- Other Services: Aerial Spraying[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for 1V8 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
- ↑ Google.com: Leach Airport Map and Data
- 1 2 City-Data.com: Center, CO
- 1 2 3 CDOT Aeronautics: Leach Airport
- 2007-2008 Colorado Airport Directory, Colorado Division of Aeronautics, CDOT, 5126 Front Range Parkway, Watkins, Colorado, 80137
External links
- Leach Airport from Colorado DOT Airport Directory
- Aerial image as of September 1998 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 1V8
- AirNav airport information for 1V8
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 1V8
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