# Brighton Van-Aire Estates Airport (CO12)

**Brighton Van-Aire Estates Airport** (FAA: CO12) is a small airport in Brighton, Colorado, United States. It opened in Jun 1970. It has one runway, 3,681 ft (1,122 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/co12

## At a glance

- FAA: CO12
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Brighton, Colorado, United States
- Opened: Jun 1970
- Elevation: 5,061 ft / 1,543 m
- Coordinates: 39.9835, -104.7046
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,681 ft / 1,122 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49745316
- Weather station: KDEN · WMO 72565
- Ident: CO12

## Timeline

- Jun 1970: Brighton Van-Aire Estates Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 3,681 ft / 1,122 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,681 ft / 1,122 m | =11,645 of 29,858 | #4,684 in North America | #3,922 in US |
| Elevation | 5,061 ft / 1,543 m | =1,946 of 43,403 | #1,009 in North America | #772 in US |
| Age | Opened 1970 | =6,186 of 15,079 | =4,428 in North America | =4,338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

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- [18V](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k18v.md) Platte Valley Airpark · 8.1 mi / 13 km
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · 8.7 mi / 14 km
- [US-0074](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0074.md) Henderson Airport · 9.8 mi / 16 km
- [CO82](https://dromopedia.com/airports/co82.md) Land Airport · 9.9 mi / 16 km
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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/co12/data