# Mertens Airport (3CO2)

**Mertens Airport** (FAA: 3CO2) is a small airport in Sterling, Colorado, United States. It opened in Jun 1975. It has one runway, 4,000 ft (1,219 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/3co2

## At a glance

- FAA: 3CO2
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Sterling, Colorado, United States
- Opened: Jun 1975
- Elevation: 4,192 ft / 1,278 m
- Coordinates: 40.6164, -103.3324
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,000 ft / 1,219 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49748078
- Weather station: KSTK
- Ident: 3CO2

## Timeline

- Jun 1975: Mertens Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 100 ft / 31 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 | 4,192 ft / 1,278 m | #3,193 of 43,403 | #1,715 in North America | #1,362 in US |
| Age | Opened 1975 | =7,193 of 15,079 | =5,271 in North America | =5,177 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [STK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kstk.md) Sterling Municipal Airport · 3.6 mi / 5.8 km
- [7V5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k7v5.md) Brush Municipal Airport · 28 mi / 44 km
- [AKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kako.md) Colorado Plains Regional Airport · 31 mi / 50 km
- [CO06](https://dromopedia.com/airports/co06.md) Wirth Field · 31 mi / 50 km
- [KFMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfmm.md) Fort Morgan Municipal Airport · 31 mi / 51 km
- [NE34](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ne34.md) Fehringer Aerodrome · 35 mi / 57 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/3co2/data