# The Flying Z Airport (87CD)

**The Flying Z Airport** (FAA: 87CD) is a small airport in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. It opened in Nov 2010. It has one runway, 1,600 ft (488 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/87cd

## At a glance

- FAA: 87CD
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Pueblo, Colorado, United States
- Opened: Nov 2010
- Elevation: 5,440 ft / 1,658 m
- Coordinates: 37.9899, -104.7608
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,600 ft / 488 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74841623
- Weather station: K4V1
- Ident: 87CD

## Timeline

- Nov 2010: The Flying Z Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 1,600 ft / 488 m | 40 ft / 12 m | Gravel |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,600 ft / 488 m | =27,382 of 29,858 | =13,715 in North America | =12,194 in US |
| Elevation | 5,440 ft / 1,658 m | =1,524 of 43,403 | =773 in North America | #577 in US |
| Age | Opened 2010 | =12,735 of 15,079 | =10,158 in North America | =10,021 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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## 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/87cd/data