Platte Valley Airpark

Platte Valley Airpark is a public-use airport three miles northwest of Hudson, in Weld County, Colorado, United States. It is privately owned by Platte Valley Airpark Ltd. and is 40 mi northeast of Denver.

Facilities
Platte Valley Airpark covers 237 acre and has two runways:
 * 15/33: 4,100 x 40 ft (1,250 x 12 m): asphalt
 * 9/27: 2,500 x 90 ft (762 x 27 m): turf/gravel

In 2005 the airport had 4,100 aircraft operations, average 11 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. 78 aircraft are based at this airport: 96% single engine and 4% multi-engine.

Navigation

 * VOR 114.7 (MILE HIGH) .... GPS no .... ILS no

Runway

 * Lights MIRL .... VGSI none .... App Lgts none .... Taxiway dirt soft when wet

Communication

 * CTAF/UNICOM 122.9 .... Lights 122.9 and 5 clicks

Services

 * TSNT Storage hangars and tiedowns
 * Fuel 100LL, MOGAS, and self-service, 24-hour credit card
 * Public phone and computerized WX planning in FBO
 * Aircraft and hangar rentals
 * Instructional services

Accidents and incidents
On September 18, 2022, a Sonex airplane that took off from the air-park with one person, its pilot, collided in Boulder County with a Cessna 172 that had taken off from the Rocky Mountain Airport with two persons on board, its pilot in-training and a teacher pilot. Both airplanes crashed and were destroyed on impact, killing all three people on board them.