5CO0
Windy Plains Airport
Windy Plains Airport (5CO0) is a general-aviation airfield serving Cheyenne Wells, Colorado. The field lies at 4,184 ft (1,275 m) above sea level and has two crossing runways, the longest 2,880 ft (878 m), asphalt and lit. Its nearest neighbour is Scherler Private Airstrip (9CO5), 16 nm SSW.
Windy Plains Airport is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
Location
- Elevation
- 4,184 ft (1,275 m)
- Coordinates
- 38.8295, -102.3006
- Serving
- Cheyenne Wells
- Region
- Colorado
- Time zone
- America/Denver
Runways2 · longest 2,880 ft
The diagram shows each runway’s orientation and relative length, read from its designator — runway 04 points 40° magnetic. Threshold coordinates are not published for this field, so strips are drawn about its centre rather than where they sit on the ground. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,880 ft878 m | 40 ft | Asphalt | Lit |
| 10/28 | 2,485 ft757 m | 30 ft | Dirt | — |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.