📍 Hudson⬆ 4,965 ft2 runways
K18V ·
Platte Valley Airpark
40.10000°N
-104.70100°W
ARR / DAY
3
▼
43.2%
DEP / DAY
3
▼
37.8%
Platte Valley Airpark (K18V) is a small general aviation airport located in Hudson, CO, 22 mi north east of Thornton. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,100 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KBJC, 26 mi away (K18V does not publish METAR)
Temp
86°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
2 installed
09/27
2,500 ft × 90
TURF-GRVL-F○ unlit
15/33
4,100 ft × 40
ASPH-G● LIT
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
33
49% of ops
77 land · 25 TO
15
28% of ops
43 land · 41 TO
09
13% of ops
21 land · 2 TO
27
10% of ops
15 land · 8 TO
Runway 33 carries 49% of operations (77 landings, 25 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 28%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
33
77 landings
UA 13%
15
43 landings
UA 0%
09
21 landings
UA 24%
27
15 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 33 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 77 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.
Traffic behavior
When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend
Daily avg
7.5
flights/day · 225 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
89%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.900 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZDV
- Elevation:
- 4,965 ft
- Mag var:
- 11° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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