# High Mesa Airport (23CO)

**High Mesa Airport** (FAA: 23CO) is a small airport in Rush, Colorado, United States. It opened in Mar 2000. It has one runway, 4,000 ft (1,219 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/23co

## At a glance

- FAA: 23CO
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Rush, Colorado, United States
- Opened: Mar 2000
- Elevation: 6,000 ft / 1,829 m
- Coordinates: 38.8439, -103.9900
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,000 ft / 1,219 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49746810
- Weather station: KABH
- Ident: 23CO

## Timeline

- Mar 2000: High Mesa Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 40 ft / 12 m | Gravel |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | =9,646 of 29,858 | =3,829 in North America | =3,211 in US |
| Elevation | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | =1,048 of 43,403 | =539 in North America | =386 in US |
| Age | Opened 2000 | =11,262 of 15,079 | =8,856 in North America | =8,734 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [CO33](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0022.md) Ria Airport · 7.8 mi / 13 km
- [08CO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/08co.md) Terra Firma Airport · 8.2 mi / 13 km
- [7CO6](https://dromopedia.com/airports/7co6.md) Vantage View Airport · 8.3 mi / 13 km
- [35CO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/35co.md) Lone Tree Ranch Airport · 10.0 mi / 16 km
- [97CO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/97co.md) Peakview Airport · 11 mi / 17 km
- [88CO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/88co.md) Tranquila Airport · 14 mi / 23 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/23co/data