Airports / Colorado / AKO
Colorado Plains Regional Airport
KAKO / AKOAkron, ColoradoELEV 4,714 FT
Google rating
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
57 nm
To the nearest alternate
Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field (SNY).
Overview
Colorado Plains Regional Airport (KAKO / AKO) is a general aviation field serving Akron, Colorado. The airport sits 4,714 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into AKO for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field (SNY, 57 nm), Denver International Airport (DEN, 69 nm), and Buckley Space Force Base (BFK, 76 nm).
Charter pricing from AKO depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Akron.
Field capability
ICAO
KAKO
IATA
AKO
FAA / Local
AKO
Elevation
4,714 ft
Coordinates
40.1756° N · 103.2220° W
Airspace
E · EchoClass E — EchoControlled airspace reaches the surface for instrument approaches, but there is no control tower on the field.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs CO fields
state range 3,706–9,927 ft
At 4,714 ft, AKO sits lower than 90% of the 39 Colorado fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 57nmSNYSidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr FieldSidney
- 69nmDENDenver International AirportDenver
- 76nmBFKBuckley Space Force BaseAurora
- 83nmAPACentennial AirportDenver
- 84nmFNLNorthern Colorado Regional AirportLoveland
- 85nmGLDGoodland Municipal AirportGoodland
Location
Open the full mapKAKO · Colorado Plains Regional Airport · Akron, CO