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A Front Range IFR Practice Locale Hosts a $100 Hamburger Spot

The Barnstormers Restaurant at the Greeley airport in Colorado gives pilots good reason to stop in for lunch after an approach or two.

The Barnstormers Restaurant can be found in the GA terminal at the Greeley-Weld County Airport in Colorado. [Courtesy: Julie Boatman]
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Key Takeaways:

  • Greeley-Weld County Airport (KGXY) is ideal for pilot proficiency and instrument practice, featuring two non-intersecting runways and diverse approach options including a DME arc.
  • The airport hosts Barnstormers Restaurant in its new GA terminal, offering reasonably priced meals like buffalo burgers and burritos, making it a popular "hundred-dollar hamburger" destination.
  • Due to a high mix of traffic from various local airfields, pilots flying into KGXY must maintain heightened situational awareness and make consistent radio calls.
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With two long, non-intersecting runways, the Greeley-Weld County Airport (KGXY) in Colorado attracts pilots notching hours for proficiency on blue-sky days like flies to a picnic—or a patty, if you acknowledge that the prime business of the surrounding area is beef. 

Owing to its position on the flatlands east of Colorado’s Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, it’s a prime location for practice approaches as well. You can sample just about every flavor at hand, from the ILS or LOC Runway 35, through a slew of RNAV (GPS) procedures to every runway end, to a VOR-A off of the Gill (GLL) VOR for those coming in from the northeast.

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