# Colorado Plains Regional Airport (AKO / KAKO)

**Colorado Plains Regional Airport** (IATA: AKO, ICAO: KAKO) is a small airport in Akron, Colorado, United States. It opened in Oct 1946. It has one runway, 7,001 ft (2,134 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AKO / KAKO
- FAA: AKO
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Akron, Colorado, United States
- Opened: Oct 1946
- Elevation: 4,716 ft / 1,437 m
- Coordinates: 40.1756, -103.2220
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 7,001 ft / 2,134 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://www.co.washington.co.us/airport.htm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Plains_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1655853
- Weather station: KAKO
- Ident: KAKO

## Timeline

- Oct 1946: Colorado Plains Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 7,001 ft / 2,134 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 119° / 299° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 7,001 ft / 2,134 m | =3,476 of 29,858 | =821 in North America | =621 in US |
| Elevation | 4,716 ft / 1,437 m | =2,420 of 43,403 | =1,293 in North America | =1,017 in US |
| Age | Opened 1946 | =2,744 of 15,079 | =1,680 in North America | =1,626 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 135.575 |
| CNTR | DENVER CNTR | 133.950 |
| RCO | AKRON RCO | 122.550 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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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/kako/data