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Class E (sfc)

Northern Colorado Regional Airport

ID KFNL FAA FNL Elev 5,016 ft Lat 40° 26.98' N Lon 105° 0.68' W Zulu

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FAA Airport Diagram · KFNL

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Runways at KFNL

4 runway ends on file. Longest: 8,500 ft. Max gradient: 0.51%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
15 160.4° 8,500 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.51%
33 340.4° 8,500 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.51%
06 70.6° 2,189 ft 40 ft ASP No 0.10%
24 250.6° 2,189 ft 40 ft ASP No 0.10%

Source: in-app airport database (runway lengths + headings), OurAirports for surface, width, lighting. Gradient computed from FAA NASR runway-end elevation deltas (the published RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of NASR rows; we derive it from the elevations the FAA does publish).

Communications

5 frequencies on file — tower, ground, ATIS, CTAF, approach, departure, etc.

  • AWOS AWOS 3 135.075
  • CLD CLNC DEL 120.250
  • A/D DENVER APP/DEP 134.850
  • RDO DENVER RDO 122.400
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.700

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Field intel · synthesized from Chart Supplement

Plain-English translation of the Chart Supplement remarks for KFNL, anchored to the FAA's own text. Operational items first, advisory next, raw FAA prose at the bottom. Cycle 22JAN2026.

1 matched · 21 not yet translated

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 33; REIL Rwy 15; PAPI Rwy 33; HIRL Rwy 15–33; twy lights. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

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  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 33; REIL Rwy 15; PAPI Rwy 33; HIRL Rwy 15–33; twy lights. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

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All translated remarks (1)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 33; REIL Rwy 15; PAPI Rwy 33; HIRL Rwy 15–33; twy lights. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    ACTVT MALSR Rwy 33; REIL Rwy 15; PAPI Rwy 33; HIRL Rwy 15–33; twy lights—CTAF

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (21 sentences)

Sentences our pattern matchers haven't yet templated. The full FAA text is authoritative — these aren't translation errors, just gaps in our rule library. Curators add new templates over time; coverage rises monotonically.

  • ·348 COLORADO FALCON N39º41.41´ W104º37.26´ NOTAM FILE DEN.
  • ·(VH) (H) VORTACW 116.3 FQF Chan 110 225º 12.8 NM to Centennial. 5780/11E.
  • ·TACAN AZIMUTH unusable: 068º–088º byd 10 NM blo 11,500´ DME unusable: 068º–088º byd 10 NM blo 11,500´ VOR unusable: 132º–157º byd 40 NM 158º–168º byd 40 NM blo 18,000´ 169º–191º byd 40 NM 192º–203º byd 40 NM blo 12,000´ 192º–203º byd 76 NM blo 18,000´ 192º–230º byd 49 NM blo 16,200´ 204º–212º byd 40 NM 215º–231º byd 40 NM blo 13,800´ 215º–231º byd 47 NM blo 15,000´ 215º–231º byd 58 NM blo 16,400´ 215º–231º byd 81 NM blo 18,000´ 232º–236º byd 40 NM 247º–259º byd 40 NM blo 16,500´ 247º–259º byd 73 NM blo 18,000´ 281º–285º byd 40 NM 301º–311º byd 40 NM blo 13,500´ 301º–311º byd 60 NM blo 16,000´ 301º–311º byd 74 NM FORT COLLINS/LOVELAND NORTHERN COLORADO RGNL (FNL)(KFNL) 9 SE UTC–7(–6DT) N40º27.11´ W105º00.68´ 5020 B Class I, ARFF Index B NOTAM FILE FNL RWY 15–33: H8500X100 (ASPH–GRVD) S–50, D–65, 2S–82, 2D–130 PCN 49 F/C/W/T HIRL RWY 15: REIL.
  • ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 54´. 0.5% up.
  • ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 52´. 0.5% down.
  • ·RWY 06–24: H2189X40 (ASPH) PCR 581 F/D/X/T
  • ·RWY 06: TORA–2189 TODA–2189 ASDA–2189 LDA–2189 RWY 15: TORA–8500 TODA–8500 ASDA–8500 LDA–8500 RWY 24: TORA–2189 TODA–2189 ASDA–2189 LDA–2189 RWY 33: TORA–8500 TODA–8500 ASDA–8500 LDA–8500
  • ·Svc ctc 130.575 or 970–667–2574. 100LL and A H24 with credit card. 24 hr PPR for unsked ops with more than 30 pax seats–AMGR.
  • ·Rwy 33 calm wind rwy 5 kts or less.
  • ·Rwy 06–24 edge reflectors full len.
  • ·Rwy 24 thld not visible by twr.
  • ·NOTE: See Special Notices—USAF 306 FTG Flight Training Areas, Vicinity of Colorado Springs and Pueblo Colorado.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 970-962-2852
  • ·AWOS–3PT 135.075 (970) 669–9187.
  • ·CTAF 118.4 ATIS 135.075 (970–669–9187) FT.
  • ·COLLINS–LOVELAND RCO 122.4 (DENVER RADIO) NOCO TOWER 118.4 (1500–0100Z‡) ®DENVER APP/DEP CON 134.85 GND CON 121.65 CLNC DEL 120.25 (When FNL twr clsd) CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD ctc Denver Apch at 303-342-1916.
  • ·GILL (VH) (DH) VORW/DME 114.2 GLL Chan 89 N40º30.23´ W104º33.18´ 249º 21.2 NM to fld. 4904/13E.
  • ·VOR unusable: 193º–204º byd 40 NM blo 7,800´ 193º–204º byd 50 NM 226º–240º byd 40 NM 254º–263º byd 40 NM blo 16,000´ ILS 109.5 I–FNL Rwy 33.
  • ·Unmonitored when arpt unattended.
  • ·COMM/NAV/WEATHER REMARKS: DEN TRACON coords thru SR2 (STLT RADAR 2).
  • ·DENVER H–3F, 5A, L–10G, A CHEYENNE H–3F, 5A, L–10F IAP, AD SW, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

Tags

Fort Collins Loveland Municipal

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Chart Supplement

FAA Chart Supplement entry for KFNL — runway, frequencies, FBO, fuel, hours, NOTAMs, special procedures.

NTSB events at KFNL

71 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport — showing the 58 most recent.

Total events

53

since 1982

Fatal

2

3.8% of total

Last 5 years

8

≈ 1.6/yr

Last 10 years

12

≈ 1.2/yr

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 123,861 ops in 2009

2024 total

94,896

10-yr total

951,120

2024 mix

AC/AT 4% · GA 96% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

12.6

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.48

approximate · 10-yr scaled

The honest comparison — events normalized by exposure. A field doing 4× the operations will see more events at the same per-op rate. Per million ops is what matters.

Last 10 years · n=11

  • Loss of control 6
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 3
  • Midair / near-midair 1
  • Other 1

All time · n=70

  • Other 26
  • Loss of control 11
  • Gear-up landing 9
  • Ground collision 6
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 6
  • Stall / spin 4
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 2
  • Runway excursion 1

Categories derived from NTSB Findings descriptions and probable-cause text via deterministic rule matching. "Other" includes cases where the agency record didn't surface enough text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2021-06-24 Piper PA-28-180 · Weather · day
2013-11-07 Mooney M20R · Other · VMC · day
2013-11-02 Cessna 172N · Gear-up · VMC · day
2012-06-14 Yakovlev Yak-52 · Gear-up · VMC · day
2011-11-28 REMOS AIRCRAFT GMBH REMOS GX · Gear-up · VMC · day
2010-05-09 JORRITSMA JERROLD S Berkut · Engine failure · day
2009-06-18 Cessna 152 · Ground collision · day
2005-08-06 Cessna 172RG · Runway excursion · VMC · day
2024-08-19 Cessna A185 · Loss of control · day
2023-05-25 Nanchang CJ6 · Other · VMC · day
2022-10-23 CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22 · Weather · day
2021-10-07 Piper PA-24 · Weather · VMC · day
2021-04-23 Mobi-light CCX-2300 · Loss of control · day
2021-03-06 AEROPRO CZ S R O A220 · Loss of control · VMC · day
2019-05-15 Beech 60 · Loss of control · VMC · day
2019-03-23 Cessna R172E · Loss of control · day
2018-01-26 ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY,Beech R44 II,A36 · Midair / near-midair · VMC · day
2017-02-05 Cessna T210 · Loss of control · VMC · day
2014-12-05 CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20 · CFIT · VMC · day
2013-06-24 Kubicek BB70Z · Weather · VMC · day
2009-10-31 Cessna T182T · Ground collision · VMC · dusk
2009-07-20 Piper PA-22-160 · Loss of control · day
2009-06-22 Piper PA-22-150 · Other · VMC · day
2009-03-13 Bell 222 · Ground collision · VMC · day
2008-12-31 Cessna T210M · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day
2008-04-06 Cessna 170B · Loss of control · day
2008-01-02 Cessna 152 · Loss of control · VMC · day
2007-08-13 Cessna 172R · Other · day
2007-07-03 Cessna T210N · Other · VMC · day
2007-07-01 Cessna 180A · Weather · VMC · day
2005-08-07 Sheel Vans RV-8 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day
2005-02-02 Cessna 172N · Gear-up · VMC · day
2004-11-16 Cessna 172P · Gear-up · VMC · day
2004-11-12 Blair-American,Cessna USA,152 · Under/overshoot · IMC · day
2002-10-21 Bellanca 7KCAB · Stall / spin · VMC · day
2000-10-28 Piper PA-34-200T · Gear-up · IMC · dawn
2000-06-15 Piper PA-28-180 · Other · VMC · day
2000-04-07 Cessna 172P · Loss of control · VMC · dusk
2000-02-07 Cessna A185F · Stall / spin · VMC · day
1998-04-30 Cessna 152 · Other · VMC · day
1997-05-15 Piper PA-28R-210T · Gear-up · VMC · day
1996-08-16 Cessna 150H · Hard landing · VMC · day
1995-11-30 Beech D18S · Ground collision · VMC · day
1995-11-11 Cessna 210B · Stall / spin · VMC · day
1995-08-27 Piper PA-28-181 · Other · VMC · night
1995-08-27 Piper PA-28-181 · Stall / spin · VMC · night
1992-12-30 Beech 58 · Gear-up · IMC · night
1992-07-31 ROBERT D. WALDRON KITFOX III · Loss of control · VMC · day
1991-03-30 Piper PA-22-150 · Gear-up · VMC · day
1988-06-01 Cessna T210N · Other · day
1986-04-11 Aerotek PITTS-S-1S · Weather · day
1983-03-18 Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 · Other · night
1981-06-26 Bellanca DW1 · Other
1981-04-17 HANDLY PAGE,Cessna HP-137,TU206A ·
1979-09-10 Cessna 182 · Other
1977-05-01 Bellanca 8KCAB · Other
1976-05-01 Cessna 210 · Other
1975-08-29 Cessna 177 · Other

+ 13 more on file

DPEs near KFNL

Closest FAA Designated Pilot Examiners by great-circle distance from the field. Distances measured city-centroid to airport — useful as a first cut, not a guarantee of exam location. Click any designee for their authorizations and contact info.

Designee City ST Distance
Alexander Wernsman Loveland CO 3 nm
Darrel Leroy Dilley Lasalle CO 17 nm
Elliot Caldwell Crawford Longmont CO 17 nm
David Dziura Lafayette CO 28 nm
Andrew James Malousek Broomfield CO 30 nm
Gregory Richard Newman Broomfield CO 30 nm
Jacqueline Ann Burant Broomfield CO 30 nm
Cayce Batterson Denver CO 42 nm
James Michael Taton Denver CO 42 nm
Allen Cook Aurora CO 46 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs near KFNL

Closest active flight instructors by city-centroid distance. Pulled from the FAA airmen registry — ratings shown reflect the certificate on file. Drill into the state directory for filters by rating, medical, and pilot level.

Instructor City ST Distance
Jerry Dwain Clemons Loveland CO 3 nm
Joe Steven Copley Loveland CO 3 nm
Michael Roy Dalke Loveland CO 3 nm
Paul Francis Devaney Loveland CO 3 nm
William Livingston Hale Loveland CO 3 nm
Don Edward Heineman Loveland CO 3 nm
John Allen Moore Loveland CO 3 nm
Terry Michael Ogilvie Loveland CO 3 nm
Gary Lee Oplinger Loveland CO 3 nm
Warren Anthony Cash Loveland CO 3 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics near KFNL

Closest certificated mechanics by city-centroid distance. Airframe (A), Powerplant (P), and Inspection Authorization (IA) are the ratings that matter for annuals, 100-hours, and major repairs.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Paul Francis Devaney Loveland CO 3 nm
Walter William Ellwood Loveland CO 3 nm
William Livingston Hale Loveland CO 3 nm
Matthew Larken Miller Loveland CO 3 nm
Larry Dean Wilson Loveland CO 3 nm
Roch Allen Croteau Loveland CO 3 nm
Frank Charles Bitter Loveland CO 3 nm
Joseph Robert Soucek Loveland CO 3 nm
Richard Leon Weiler Jr Loveland CO 3 nm
Wayne Milton Forbes Loveland CO 3 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations near KFNL

Closest repair, avionics, paint, and interior shops by airport location. These are the businesses you'll fly the airplane to — not just the certificate-holders nearby. Click any shop for details and contact info.

Shop Distance
Avionics Specialists, LLC.
Loveland, CO
0 nm
Advanced AeroTechnologies Group
Greeley, CO
17 nm
Rocky Mountain Propellers, Inc.
Erie, CO
27 nm
Freedom Air Avionics
Broomfield, CO
33 nm
Aero Prop USA
Broomfield, CO
33 nm
Mile High Aircraft Services
Watkins, CO
45 nm
Centennial Aero-Tech
Englewood, CO
52 nm
Arapahoe Aero - Avionics and Maintenance
Englewood, CO
53 nm
Mountain Aircraft Maintenance, Inc.
Steamboat Springs, CO
85 nm
Rampart Aviation
Colorado Springs, CO
100 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.