Leadville Municipal Airport (Leadville Army Airfield ) was a Colorado World War II Army Airfield "adjacent to Highway No. 24" and named for Leadville, Colorado, southeast.
On September 10, 1943, the existing Leadville Flight Strip of ~ included a landing strip, and the "buildings area" was ~.
The Leadville landing field became* a United States Army Air Forces Third Air Force auxiliary field of Colorado Springs' Peterson Field which was a photo reconnaissance training facility and base of the 35th Altitude Training Unit.
After being used as a post-war municipal airport, the Leadville facility closed and was dismantled by 1949.
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Peterson AAF gliders were used for Camp Hale's Mountain Training Center (October 10, 1942 â October 23, 1943), which operated for a few months at the beginning of Leadville Army Airfield. Camp Hale also had a Military Munitions Site where unexploded ordnance was found in 2002.