# La Junta Municipal Airport (KLHX)

**La Junta Municipal Airport** (ICAO: KLHX) is a small airport in La Junta, Colorado, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,849 ft (2,088 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KLHX
- FAA: LHX
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: La Junta, Colorado, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 4,229 ft / 1,289 m
- Coordinates: 38.0497, -103.5090
- Runways: 2
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 6,849 ft / 2,088 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Junta_Municipal_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6463288
- Weather station: KLHX
- Ident: KLHX

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: La Junta Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 6,849 ft / 2,088 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes |
| 12/30 | 5,803 ft / 1,769 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° |  |

- 08/26 slopes 1.1%: threshold 26 at 4,154 ft / 1,266 m, threshold 08 at 4,229 ft / 1,289 m.
- Also 1 helipad.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,849 ft / 2,088 m | =3,660 of 29,858 | =891 in North America | =676 in US |
| Elevation | 4,229 ft / 1,289 m | #3,106 of 43,403 | #1,670 in North America | #1,324 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 135.525 |
| CNTR | DENVER CNTR | 133.400 |
| RDO | DENVER RDO | 122.600 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

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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/klhx/data