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Spanish Peaks airport master plan advances; FAA ALP review underway
Summary
Consultants presented a 20-year master plan and airport layout plan for Spanish Peaks Airfield, recommending runway extension, paving and widening a crosswind runway, and a full-length parallel taxiway; the ALP is in final FAA review before county adoption.
HUE RFANO COUNTY — Consultants presented Huerfano County with a 20-year airport master plan and airport layout plan (ALP) for Spanish Peaks Airfield, recommending runway and landside improvements and reporting that the ALP is in final FAA review.
Brooke Barber, project manager for the master plan, told commissioners the ALP and narrative report together document existing conditions, project options and a phased development approach to guide capital improvements and federal funding requests. "At the most basic level, it is a high level, form of development for airport facilities, and it looks at the growth of the airport over a period of 20 years," Barber said.
The consultants recommended several infrastructure items: a potential westward extension of the primary runway up to about 7,400 feet (the existing runway length cited as roughly 4,007 feet), paving and widening the turf crosswind runway to 60 feet, and constructing a full-length parallel taxiway with phased implementation and teardrop/turnaround features to improve circulation. The plan also shows added apron area, future hangar locations, tie-down reconfiguration and parking for helicopter operations. Barber said the plan accounts for FAA design standards (Runway Design Code) and the sizing was driven by the most demanding aircraft using the field (consultant cited a King Air 200 as representative of the planning aircraft).
Barber said the ALP is currently in FAA review; she spoke with John Sweeney, the FAA planner on the project, who told her the ALP was awaiting "one final" FAA review and then could be finalized for county adoption. "It's just waiting one final park review, and then it will be finalized and approved for adoption by the county," Barber said.
County staff asked for a PDF of the presentation; Barber offered to send materials to County staff for further review. Commissioners expressed appreciation for the level of detail and noted the plan could help the county pursue FAA funding and guide long-term development decisions.
No formal action or vote on the master plan was recorded in the transcript; the next administrative steps are final FAA review, incorporation of ALP into the narrative report and coordination of signatures for county adoption.
