MEEKER | Built in 1946 as a dusty gravel strip, Coulter Field Meeker Airport has evolved into a modern general aviation hub — and it’s still growing. Decades later, the airport remains an important connector for the isolated northwest Colorado community.
While Rio Blanco County owns the airfield, which includes the ramps, taxiway, and runway along with the surrounding land and building in which there is a pilot’s lounge and residence, the business side of…