FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 DECEMBER 2025
Location
| FAA Identifier: | ANK |
| Lat/Long: | 38-32-17.8000N 106-02-55.1000W
38-32.296667N 106-02.918333W
38.5382778,-106.0486389
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 7523 ft. / 2293.0 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 09E (2010) |
| From city: | 2 miles W of SALIDA, CO |
| Time zone: | UTC -7 (UTC -6 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 81201 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 02/1964 |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | DENVER CENTER |
| FSS: | DENVER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | DEN (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | WED-SUN 0800-1700 |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | ACTVT PAPI RWY 06 & 24; MIRL RWY 06/24 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.7 |
| WX AWOS-3PT: | 133.85 (719-539-5268) |
| WX AWOS-3 at AEJ (17 nm N): | 132.925 (719-395-2599) |
- APCH CTL SVC PRVDD BY DENVER ARTCC (ZDV) ON FREQS 128.375/379.95 (PUEBLO RCAG).
- DEP CTL SVC PRVDD BY DENVER ARTCC (ZDV) ON FREQS 119.85/363.15 (DENVER/B/ RCAG).
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A+
100LL:FUEL AVBL WITH CREDIT CARD. |
| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 6/24
| Dimensions: | 7351 x 75 ft. / 2241 x 23 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | PCN 19 /F/A/X/T | | Single wheel: | 30.0 | | Double wheel: | 60.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 6 | | RUNWAY 24 |
| Latitude: | 38-32.096618N | | 38-32.497645N |
| Longitude: | 106-03.644348W | | 106-02.190287W |
| Elevation: | 7523.0 ft. | | 7384.7 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 062 magnetic, 071 true | | 242 magnetic, 251 true |
| Markings: | basic, in good condition | | basic, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
PAPI DOES NOT PROVIDE OBSTACLE CLEARANCE BYD 2 NM FROM THRESHOLD, UNUSABLE BYD 2 NM. |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 32 ft. road, 850 ft. from runway, 24 ft. right of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear | | none |
Helipad H1
| Dimensions: | 36 x 36 ft. / 11 x 11 m |
| Surface: | concrete, in good condition |
| Latitude: | 38-32.204167N | | |
| Longitude: | 106-02.949167W | | |
| Elevation: | 7458.0 ft. | | |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Markings: | basic, in fair condition | | |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF SALIDA/CHAFFEE COUNTY
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
SALIDA, CO 81201
Phone 719-539-2218
COUNTY CONTACT: ROBERT CHRISTIANSEN |
| Manager: | ZECHARIAH PAPP
9255 COUNTY ROAD 140
SALIDA, CO 81201
Phone (719) 239-1648 |
Additional Remarks
| - | BE ALERT; INTENSIVE USAF STUDENT TRAINING IN VICINITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS & PUEBLO COLORADO. |
| - | FOR CD CTC DENVER ARTCC AT 303-651-4257. |
| - | RY 24 HAS 365 FT UNLIGHTED SMOKESTACK 5082 FT FM THLD 2500 FT R OF CNTRLN. |
| - | DURING HIGH WIND CONDITIONS DOWNDRAFTS APPROACHING RY 24. |
| - | RY 24 RECOMMENDED FOR LANDING; RY 06 FOR DEPARTURE WEATHER & TRAFFIC PERMITTING. |
| - | RY 06 +60 FT POWERLINE MARKED WITH ORANGE BALLS 630 FT FM THLD, 435 FT LEFT OF RY EXTDD CNTRLN. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 25 December 2025 at 0901z to 22 January 2026 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS)-A | |
download (354KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (140KB) |
Departure Procedures |
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| RONBE TWO (RNAV) | |
download (135KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (288KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KAEJ - Central Colorado Regional Airport (17 nm N)
KGUC - Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (41 nm W)
KLXV - Lake County Airport (43 nm N)
1V6 - Fremont County Airport (45 nm E)
KRCV - Astronaut Kent Rominger Airport (52 nm S)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Lou Nieves, Jr.
Taken late April 2019
from 9,500 MSL looking north.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Salida Airport/Harriett Alexander Field that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 08-Jan-2026
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:54 | | 13:54 |
| Sunrise | | 07:23 | | 14:23 |
| Sunset | | 16:59 | | 23:59 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:28 | | 00:28 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 08-Jan-2026 17:55:04 |
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| Local (UTC-7) | 08-Jan-2026 10:55:04 |
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| METAR |
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| KANK | 081735Z AUTO 24011KT 10SM CLR 04/M09 A2965 RMK AO2 T00441092 $
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KMYP
13nm W | 081735Z AUTO OVC001 M09/M10 A2978 RMK AO2 PWINO
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KAEJ
17nm N | 081735Z AUTO 09004KT 10SM SCT075 BKN080 02/M09 A2967 RMK AO2 T00221090
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K7BM
18nm NW | 081735Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC040 M01/M10 A2968 RMK AO2
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| TAF |
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KGUC
41nm W | 081322Z 0813/0912 02003KT P6SM BKN014 OVC030 TEMPO 0813/0815 3SM -SHSN BR OVC020 FM081500 VRB03KT 4SM BR SCT015 OVC035 PROB30 0815/0818 2SM -SHSN BR OVC015 FM081800 23007KT P6SM VCSH SCT025 BKN045 PROB30 0818/0824 4SM -SHSN BKN025 BKN030 FM090500 VRB04KT 4SM BR BKN025 BKN035 PROB30 0905/0911 2SM -SHSN BR OVC015
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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