‘INCOMPATIBLE’ LAND USE CONTINUES IN COLORADO TOWN
Development in Longmont proceeding without proper notice
February 19, 2026
By Ian Wilder
Ground was broken on a 200-apartment complex less than half a mile from the end of Runway 29 at Vance Brand Airport in Longmont, Colorado, despite the developer never filing appropriate paperwork with the FAA.
The FAA requires that Form 7460-1, Notice of Proposed Construction or Alteration, be filed for any development inside the 20,000‑foot notification area for airports with runways longer than 3,200 feet (Longmont’s runway is nearly 4,800 feet). AOPA’s conversations with the FAA Obstruction Evaluation Group indicate that no such filings had been submitted for the Mountain Brook Flats development, and, therefore, no FAA aeronautical study had taken place. Constructing near an airport without an aeronautical study poses a significant risk to pilot and aviation safety.
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