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Platte Valley Airpark

40.10000°N
-104.70100°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

From KEIK, 19 mi away (K18V does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
84°F
Wind
5 kts
90°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KEIK 312355Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM BKN110 BKN130 29/06 A3007 RMK AO2 T02900057 10306 20260 56013

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

33
46% of ops
139 land · 38 TO
15
33% of ops
99 land · 90 TO
09
13% of ops
39 land · 6 TO
27
9% of ops
27 land · 14 TO
Runway 33 carries 46% of operations (139 landings, 38 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 33%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

33 139 landings
UA 10%
15 99 landings
UA 0%
09 39 landings
UA 28%
27 27 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 33 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 139 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
9.3
flights/day · 278 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
85%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 9.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (10.4 vs 9.3 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (20% of 210 flights). Top three types: , , .

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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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 16:38 UTC