Bruce McCombs landed his Cessna 170 on the new Meadow Lake Airport runway on January 1, 1966. Since that time it has grown to be the largest pilot owned airport in Colorado. 

The Meadow Lake Airport Association (MLAA) is a 501.c4 non-profit corporation that owns and operates the Meadow Lake Airport. The Board of Directors meet monthly at the MLAA Hanger 13550 Piper Lane Peyton, CO 80381.

Meadow Lake Airport is a public use airport located 14 nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Colorado Springs, a city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is privately owned by the Meadow Lake Airport Association, Inc. Meadow Lake is the largest pilot owned airport in the State of Colorado. Meadow Lake Airport went in service on November 1, 1967 and is a general aviation reliever airport for Colorado Springs.In 2010 the airport was approved for an FAA grant to provide an AWOS (Automated Weather Observation System). The system has been installed, and it was certified by the FAA on October 21, 2010. A change of FAA identifier from 00V to FLY (ICAO: KFLY) took effect on January 14, 2011.