Colorado Plains Regional Airport satellite view

📍 Akron⬆ 4,714 ft1 runways

KAKO · AKO

Colorado Plains Regional Airport

40.17560°N

-103.22200°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 30.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 42.2%

Colorado Plains Regional Airport (KAKO/AKO) is a small general aviation airport located in Akron, CO, 80 mi east of Greeley. It features 1 runway measuring 7,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago

Temp

81°F

Wind

11 kts

170°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KAKO 271653Z AUTO 17011G20KT 10SM CLR 27/11 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02720106

Runways

1 installed

7,001 FT MAX

11/29

7,001 ft × 100

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

86% of ops

70 land · 4 TO

14% of ops

11 land · 28 TO

Runway 11 carries 86% of operations (70 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 14%.

Approach quality

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

11 70 landings

UA 0%

29 11 landings

UA 9%

Approaches to 11 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 70 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

7.7

flights/day · 232 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 3pm · 7pm

Day vs night

80%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 7.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (5.2 vs 9.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (46% of 204 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.800	—
UNICOM	122.800	—
ASOS	135.475	—
AKRON RC	122.200	—
OTHER	122.200	—
BRUSH/A/	133.950	—
OTHER	133.950	—
BRUSH/A/	317.550	—
OTHER	317.550	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZDV
Elevation:: 4,716 ft
Mag var:: 10° E
Fuel:: 100LL, A1

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

XingR

07/29/2007

Many should add this after 8 Sep 2007

haven't had the pleasure of visiting here yet but there's a great show scheduled for 8 Sep 2007 .. classic radials, fancy cars and lots of fun.

Aviatrix

07/27/2007

Strange juxtaposition

First time I ever saw tumbleweed caught in a snowbank.

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