Walden–Jackson County Airport is a mile northeast of
Walden
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, in
Jackson County,
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
.
Facilities
The airport covers at an
elevation
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of 8,153 feet (2,485 m). It has two
runway
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s: 4/22 is 5,900 by 75 feet (1,798 x 23 m)
asphalt
Asphalt most often refers to:
* Bitumen, also known as "liquid asphalt cement" or simply "asphalt", a viscous form of petroleum mainly used as a binder in asphalt concrete
* Asphalt concrete, a mixture of bitumen with coarse and fine aggregates, u ...
; 17/35 is 4,020 by 100 feet (1,225 x 30 m) turf.
In 2018 the airport had 1,000
general aviation
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operations. Nine aircraft were then based at this airport: 8 single-engine, and 1 multi-engine.
See also
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List of airports in Colorado
References
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Airports in Colorado
Buildings and structures in Jackson County, Colorado
Transportation in Jackson County, Colorado