Leach Airport
Looking northwest along runway 12/30
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 1V8
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	County of Saguache
Serves	Center, Colorado
Elevation AMSL	7,598 ft / 2,316 m
Coordinates	37°47′06″N 106°02′49″W / 37.78500°N 106.04694°W / 37.78500; -106.04694
Map
1V8 Location of airport in Colorado
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 7,000 2,134 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 1,700 Based aircraft 10
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Leach Airport (FAA LID: 1V8) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Saguache County, Colorado, United States. It is located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northeast of the central business district of Center, Colorado,^[1] at County Road 53 & County Road C.^[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Leach Airport covers an area of 66 acres (27 ha) at an elevation of 7,598 feet (2,316 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,000 by 50 feet (2,134 x 15 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 3, 2009, the airport had 1,700 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 141 per month. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine and 10% ultralight.^[1]

Data

Navigation

• VOR 113.9 (ALAMOSA) .... GPS no .... ILS no

Runway

• Lights LIRL .... VGSI none .... App Lgts none .... Taxiway unk
• RWY 12 has 110’ displaced threshold
• RWY 30 has 1345’ displaced threshold
• Agricultural operations May–September
• 60 ft. powerlines 200 ft. from RWY 30 end on both sides of centerline
• Itinerant ops: 200
• Local ops: 1,500

Communication

• CTAF/UNICOM 122.8 .... Lights 122.8 and ? clicks

Services

• TSNT Storage hangars and tiedowns
• Fuel 100LL
• Transportation: courtesy car^[3]
• Other services: aerial spraying^[3]