Lowe Airstrip (CD01) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 3:55 AM MDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KANK), CD01 is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Lowe Airstrip in Cotopaxi, CO, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KANK): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Lowe Airstrip (CD01) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Cotopaxi, CO at a field elevation of 6,200 ft. CD01 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KANK, about 22 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (05/23), the longest 3,000 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KFCS.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KANK, 21.8 nm away.
Wind calm, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 6°C (43°F), altimeter 30.11 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KANK 280955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 06/M04 A3011 RMK AO2 T00621039 $
What changed at KANK (nearest station)?
Since the 0935Z (3:35 AM MDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 0935Z (3:35 AM MDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for CD01
Based on the nearest station (KANK), CD01 is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately 6,400 ft (field elevation 6,200 ft). CD01 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KFCS, about 44 nm away.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
Current wind is calm: calm wind is not a factor for runway selection, and with no wind there is no head/tail or crosswind component to compute. Live numbers return automatically once a report includes a wind direction.
| Runway | Length | Surface | Head / Tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | 3,000 ft | TURF | - | - |
| 23 | 3,000 ft | TURF | - | - |
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CD01 runways
1 physical runway · 2 runway ends. Each card opens the runway's intelligence page: equipment and lighting, LAHSO, frequencies, today's configuration, predicted use, history and approaches.
- Status not monitoredRunway 05/233,000 × 85 ft · TURFCurrent useno stated-runway source at CD01Wind
- 05
- no steady wind
- 23
- no steady wind
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“Current use” is what the facilitystates; wind components are arithmetic on the current METAR against TRUE headings; status reflects NOTAMs received through SWIM, the tower's TFDM record and the D-ATIS — a runway reads “Open” only with a complete NOTAM picture.
24-hour trend
Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.
Over the last 24 h: wind 3→0 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
CD01 weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
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NOAA NEXRAD composite and lightning, updated about every five minutes; amber frames are HRRR model guidance, not observed radar. Not for navigation.
Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of CD01
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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DEN UA /OV DEN/TM 0920/FL80/TP B763/TB NEG
DEN UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV DENLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 0920Reported at 09:20 UTC.FL80Altitude: hundreds of feet MSL. UNKN = unknown; DURC/DURD = during climb/descent.TP B763Aircraft type reporting.TB NEGTurbulence: none reported.Show raw report
DEN UA /OV DEN/TM 0537/FL130/TP A21N/TB INT LGT TB 130-110
DEN UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV DENLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 0537Reported at 05:37 UTC.FL130Altitude: 13,000 ft MSL.TP A21NAircraft type reporting.TB INT LGT TB 130-110Turbulence: int light tb 13,000–11,000 ft.Show raw report
DEN UA /OV OV DEN /TM 0420/FLDURD/TP B737/TB SMOOTH
DEN UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV OV DENLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 0420Reported at 04:20 UTC.FLDURDReported during descent.TP B737Aircraft type reporting.TB SMOOTHTurbulence: smooth.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at CD01
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KANK reported mostly VFR across 72 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 24 kt. Wind most often came from the S.
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 23
- 70%
- 05
- 30%
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Live crosswind meter
CD01 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KANK, 22 nm away.
Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.
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Field aerial
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Attended
- Unattended
- Control tower
- None
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- CD01
- City
- Cotopaxi
- State
- Colorado
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 6,200 ft
- Coordinates
- 38.3983, -105.6200
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,000 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KANK
- TAF
- Nearest KFCS
- Time zone
- America/Denver
- Next sunset
- 13h 58m
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Pilot PIREPs for Lowe Airstrip (CD01)
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