# Owl Canyon Gliderport (4CO2)

**Owl Canyon Gliderport** (FAA: 4CO2) is a small airport in Wellington, Colorado, United States. It opened in Nov 1974. It has 4 runways; the longest is 3,000 ft (914 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/4co2

## At a glance

- FAA: 4CO2
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Wellington, Colorado, United States
- Opened: Nov 1974
- Elevation: 5,545 ft / 1,690 m
- Coordinates: 40.8047, -104.9850
- Runways: 4
- Longest runway: 3,000 ft / 914 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49749073
- Weather station: KFEW
- Ident: 4CO2

## Timeline

- Nov 1974: Owl Canyon Gliderport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01L/19R | 3,000 ft / 914 m | 16 ft / 5 m | Asphalt |  |  |
| 01R/19L | 3,000 ft / 914 m | 24 ft / 7 m | Grass |  |  |
| 15/33 | 2,500 ft / 762 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Grass |  |  |
| 09/27 | 1,800 ft / 549 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,000 ft / 914 m | =15,843 of 29,858 | =6,443 in North America | =5,447 in US |
| Elevation | 5,545 ft / 1,690 m | =1,419 of 43,403 | =728 in North America | #540 in US |
| Age | Opened 1974 | =6,983 of 15,079 | =5,099 in North America | =5,006 in US |
| Runways | 4 | =41 of 29,978 | =20 in North America | =19 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [US-8956](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8956.md) Evans Airport · 3.6 mi / 5.8 km
- [6CO1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6co1.md) Burnham Field · 3.9 mi / 6.3 km
- [US-8957](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8957.md) Pelican Cove Airport · 3.9 mi / 6.3 km
- [CO67](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0336.md) Big View Airport · 4.0 mi / 6.5 km
- [US-8958](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8958.md) Nielsen Airport · 6.1 mi / 9.8 km
- [5CO7](https://dromopedia.com/airports/5co7.md) Virga Ridge Field · 8.5 mi / 14 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/4co2/data