📍 Hudson⬆ 4,965 ft2 runways
K18V ·
Platte Valley Airpark
40.10000°N
-104.70100°W
ARR / DAY
5
▲
35.7%
DEP / DAY
6
▲
36.4%
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 5 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KDEN, 17 mi away (K18V does not publish METAR)
Temp
64°F
Wind
8 kts
210°
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
48% of ops
145 land · 43 TO
15
29% of ops
88 land · 79 TO
09
13% of ops
38 land · 7 TO
27
10% of ops
30 land · 15 TO
Runway 33 carries 48% of operations (145 landings, 43 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 29%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
33
145 landings
UA 12%
15
88 landings
UA 0%
09
38 landings
UA 29%
27
30 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 33 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (18 UA events from 145 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
8.7
flights/day · 262 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
87%
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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