# Dove Creek Airport (8V6)

**Dove Creek Airport** (FAA: 8V6) is a small airport in Dove Creek, Colorado, United States. It opened in Oct 1944. It has one runway, 4,200 ft (1,280 m) long, dirt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/8v6

## At a glance

- FAA: 8V6
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Dove Creek, Colorado, United States
- Opened: Oct 1944
- Elevation: 6,975 ft / 2,126 m
- Coordinates: 37.7639, -108.8890
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,200 ft / 1,280 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28996526
- Weather station: KU64
- Ident: 8V6

## Timeline

- Oct 1944: Dove Creek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 4,200 ft / 1,280 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Dirt | 021° / 201° |  |

- 01/19 slopes 1.0%: threshold 19 at 6,932 ft / 2,113 m, threshold 01 at 6,975 ft / 2,126 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,200 ft / 1,280 m | =8,998 of 29,858 | =3,450 in North America | =2,857 in US |
| Elevation | 6,975 ft / 2,126 m | #544 of 43,403 | #256 in North America | #181 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [CO27](https://dromopedia.com/airports/co27.md) Tanner Field · 24 mi / 38 km
- [MXC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mxc.md) Monticello Airport · 27 mi / 44 km
- [US-8568](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8568.md) Monogram Mesa Airport · 31 mi / 50 km
- [BDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbdg.md) Blanding Municipal Airport · 35 mi / 56 km
- [CEZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcez.md) Cortez Municipal Airport · 35 mi / 56 km
- [KAIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaib.md) Hopkins Field · 37 mi / 60 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/8v6/data