Wiggins, US 🇺🇸 Closed Airport
ICAO
US-10851
IATA
-
Elevation
4480 ft
Region
US-CO
Local Time
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Local Code: Not available
Location: 40.238899° N, -103.991997° E
Continent: North America
Type: Closed Airport
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| Designation | Length | Width | Surface | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
14/32 |
3200 ft | 60 ft | TURF | Active |
| Type | Description | Frequency |
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Approximately between 1999 and 2002. The airport was still depicted on the 1999 Denver Sectional Chart but was no longer shown on the 2002 edition. This indicates it was officially closed within that timeframe.
Economic reasons and land repurposing. Vallery Airport was a private airfield owned and operated by Vallery & Company, a large-scale cattle feeding and farming operation. The land occupied by the airstrip was repurposed for the expansion of the company's primary business, the cattle feedlot. The land became more valuable for agricultural operations than for aviation.
The site of the former airport has been completely redeveloped and is now an integral part of the Vallery & Company cattle feedlot. High-resolution satellite imagery shows that the area once occupied by the runway is now covered with numerous cattle pens, feed alleys, and other infrastructure related to the feedlot operation. There are no visible remnants of the airstrip.
Vallery Airport (formerly assigned the FAA Location Identifier CO88) was a private airfield with no major historical significance beyond its local utility. Established sometime between 1966 and 1971, it primarily served the business and agricultural needs of its owner, Vallery & Company. The airport featured a single unpaved runway (16/34) measuring approximately 4,200 feet. Operations would have included private business travel for the company's executives and clients, and potentially agricultural aviation (crop dusting) for the vast surrounding farmland. The identifier 'US-10851' is not an official ICAO code but an internal designation used by some non-governmental airport databases.
There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Vallery Airport. The land has been permanently and extensively repurposed for a large-scale, active commercial agricultural operation. Re-establishing an airport at this location would be financially and logistically unfeasible, as it would require the demolition of a significant portion of the existing cattle feedlot.