Fort Collins Downtown Airport
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Fort Collins Downtown Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Fort Collins, Colorado | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,939 ft / 1,505 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°35′18″N 105°02′30″W / 40.58833°N 105.04167°W | ||||||||||||||
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Fort Collins Downtown Airport (FAA LID: 3V5) was a public use airport located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of the central business district of Fort Collins, a city in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.[1] The airport closed on November 1, 2006.[2]
The airport opened in 1966 and was known as Valley Airport. Sometime before 1976 it was renamed Fort Collins Airpark and the following year it was named Downtown Fort Collins Airport. It was located northwest of the intersection of East Mulberry and South Timberline Roads.[3]