Meadow Lake Airport (Colorado)

Meadow Lake Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KFLY – FAA LID: FLY
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Meadow Lake Airport Association, Inc.
Operator		Contact: Mark Shook (Vice President MLAA)
Serves		Falcon-Peyton and Colorado Springs, Colorado
Location		Unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado
Elevation AMSL		6,874 ft / 2,095 m
Coordinates		38°56′45″N 104°34′12″W / 38.94583°N 104.57°W / 38.94583; -104.57
Website		http://www.meadowlakeairport.com/
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
15/33	6,000	1,829	Asphalt
8/26	2,084	635	Asphalt/Gravel
N/S	1,800	549	Asphalt/Turf
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations			59,100
Based aircraft			256
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Meadow Lake Airport (FAA LID: KFLY) is a public use airport located 14 miles (23 km) northeast of the central business district of the city of Colorado Springs, in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is privately owned by the Meadow Lake Airport Association, Inc.^[1] Meadow Lake is the largest pilot owned airport in the State of Colorado. Meadow Lake Airport went in service on November 1, 1967 and is a General Aviation reliever airport for Colorado Springs. There are several aviation related businesses on the airfield including flying schools and aircraft maintenance facilities. In 2010 the airport was approved for an FAA grant to provide an AWOS (Automated Weather Observation System). The system has been installed, and it was certified by the FAA on Oct 21, 2010. A change of FAA identifer from 00V to FLY (ICAO: KFLY) took effect on January 14, 2011.

Facilities and aircraft

Meadow Lake Airport covers an area of 800+ acres which contains three runways:^[1]

• Runway 15/33: 6,000 x 60 ft (1,829 x 18 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 8/26: 2,084 x 35 ft (635 x 11 m), Surface: Asphalt/Gravel
• Runway N/S: 1,800 x 15 ft (549 x 5 m), Surface: Asphalt/Turf

For the 12-month period ending August 14, 2008, the airport had 59,100 aircraft operations, an average of 162 per day: 51% general aviation local, 19% general aviation transient, and 30% military. There are 256 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single engine, 4% multi-engine, 1% jet, 3% gliders, 2% ultralights, 1% helicopters, and no military.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for 00V (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-08-14

External links

• Meadow Lake Airport Web site
• kFLY.us Meadow Lake Airport Web site (using new ID)
• Meadow Lake Airport at Colorado DOT website
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for 00V
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for 00V