Page 19 - Colorado Armstrong Flipbook

BLAKE FIELD AIRPORT
DELTA, CO
Blake Field is the primary airport for Delta County, Colorado. Located at the base of the Grand Mesa, the airport provides critical support for both the City and County of Delta. It serves as a busy base for skydiving, business aircraft, and repair operations, as well as recreational and training flights. Blake field is also adjacent to the Devil’s Thumb Golf Course, and sees frequent flights come in to play a round of golf. The airport is experiencing rapid growth, with many hangars being built in the past 5 years due to a significant number of GA pilots electing to leave the busier airspace around Grand Junction Regional Airport.
RUNWAY RECONSTRUCTION
Runway 3/21 was reconstructed after serving its full useful life of over 20 years. This project was engineered and constructed in 2018. The runway reconstruction involved the demolition of the existing asphalt, removal of failed base course materials, placement of new subgrade, base course, and asphalt pavement. Additionally, the runway lighting system was upgraded to a can and duct system, with LED lights throughout the airfield, including newly installed REILs. To enhance the usability of the airfield an end connecting taxiway was built, and an existing straight-through taxiway from the apron area to the runway was removed to maintain compliance with FAA design standards.
To help accommodate the airport during the reconstruction of the runway, Delta County built a crosswind runway to continue to allow vital operations for tenants. Armstrong provided planning support and general guidance on appropriate dimensions for the dirt crosswind runway.