Your Member Guide
Welcome to the Colorado Pilots Association. Your dues fund scholarships and advocacy for general aviation in Colorado, and they unlock a good deal on this website. This page walks through all of it, one section at a time, with a link into each feature.
Keep this page handy: it is linked from My Account and from your name in the top-right menu whenever you are signed in.
Start here
Three things worth doing in your first ten minutes.
- Sign in. Your username is the email address on your membership. First time here, or forgotten your password? Use Lost your password and a reset link arrives by email.
- Fill in your profile. Home airport, certificate, and aircraft live under My Account → Profile. The site uses your home airport to sort day trips by distance and to pre-fill forms.
- Choose what other members can see. Directory Visibility controls which fields appear in the member directory. Everything is off until you turn it on.
My Account Members
Your membership status and expiry date, auto-renew, profile, directory visibility, email preferences, airport alerts, password, and a full export of your data.
Open →Member Directory Members
Find fellow members by name, airport, or aircraft. You see only what each member has chosen to share, and they see only what you have.
Open →Members-only content
Pages that open only for a signed-in member with a current membership.
Flight Lines Members
The CPA newsletter: safety articles, fly-in reports, member spotlights, and Colorado GA news. Browse the current issue and the archive by year.
Read Flight Lines →CPA Presents Members
Recorded seminars and presentations from CPA meetings and safety events, available whenever you want them.
Open the video library →Meeting Minutes Members
Board and general meeting minutes, searchable by year and type. See what the association is working on and how dues are spent.
Open →Founding Ledger Members
The association’s founding ledger, page by page. Members see the names; visitors see them blurred.
Open →Fly with us
Fly-ins are the heart of CPA. Register online, pay by card, bank transfer, or check, and see who else is coming.
Fly-In Activities
The hub for upcoming fly-ins, the planning guide, restaurants, day trips, and the fly-in leaderboard.
Open →Aviation Calendar
Every CPA event and Colorado aviation happening on one calendar, with iCal subscription. Some events are members-only; sign in to register for those.
Open →Fly-In Planner Members
Describe a destination and get a full itinerary drafted for you. Members can save up to twenty plans and export any of them as a PDF.
Plan a trip →Host a Fly-In Members
Have a destination in mind? Propose it here. The fly-in chair reviews it, and once approved it goes on the calendar with online registration.
Propose a fly-in →Day Trip Ideas Members
Destination guides sorted by distance from your home airport. Members rate and review each one so the next pilot knows what to expect.
Browse day trips →Ride Board Members
Offer or find a seat to an event, by air or by car. Members can post and see each other’s contact details.
Open →Mountain flying
CPA has taught mountain flying for decades. The resources are free to read; members pay the member rate for ground school.
Mountain Flying Ground School Open to all
The classroom course on weather, performance, passes, and decision-making. Anyone can take it — it is a paid course, and members pay the lower rate with their details pre-filled at registration.
See course dates →Mountain Flying Hub
Pass status, the interactive mountain map, VFR GPS waypoints for the passes, and weather guidance specific to the Rockies.
Open →Mountain Instructors
CPA-member instructors who specialise in mountain checkouts, with a form that relays your inquiry.
Find an instructor →Density Altitude Calculator
Work out density altitude for any Colorado airport before you commit to a hot, high departure.
Open →Community
Ways to connect with, learn from, and give back to the other pilots in CPA.
Classifieds Members
Aircraft, partnerships, avionics, hangars, and gear. Members post for free and ads go live immediately; everyone can browse.
Browse or post an ad →Photo of the Month Members
A monthly themed photo contest. Members submit entries and vote; winners appear in the gallery.
Enter this month →Volunteer Flight Log Members
Log Angel Flight, Young Eagles, CAP, and other volunteer missions. Flights are tracked and totalled on the volunteer leaderboard.
Log a flight →GPS Art Members
Design a route that draws a picture on your track log. Members can download it as KML or GPX and add the flown result to the gallery.
Open →Submit an Event Members
Know of a safety seminar, open house, or club event? Add it to the calendar from the calendar page; manage what you have posted under Event Management.
Manage my events →Advocacy & safety
CPA speaks for general aviation at the state capitol and at airports across Colorado. These pages keep you informed and let you weigh in.
Legislative Tracker Members
Colorado bills that affect pilots, tracked through the session. Members can report a concern straight to the advocacy chair.
See current bills →Colorado Airport Directory
Colorado airports with local knowledge and CPA’s advocacy notes, keyed to your home airport when you are signed in.
Open →Airport Watch Members
Pick the airports you care about and get an email when CPA posts advocacy news about them. Set it up in My Account.
Choose my airports →Colorado Accidents & Incidents
NTSB records for Colorado general aviation, refreshed weekly, with statistics and filters.
Open →Advocacy & Safety Hub
Safety tips, voluntary noise abatement, practice areas, landing fees, and the Colorado airport network.
Open →Perks & giving back
CPA Merchandise Members
Hats, shirts, and mugs with member pricing. Sign in before you check out to get the member price.
Shop →Scholarships
Your dues help fund the Walt Barbo and Emily Howell Warner scholarships for Colorado pilots. See past winners, or pass the application to someone who should apply.
Open →Corporate Members
Businesses that support CPA. When you need fuel, maintenance, training, or a medical, start here.
Open →Your membership
| Question | Where to go |
|---|---|
| When does my membership expire? | My Account → Membership Status shows the date. You also get reminder emails 30 days and 7 days out. |
| How do I renew? | From Membership Status, or turn on Auto-Renew there and your card is charged on the expiry date with a receipt by email. |
| Which emails will I get? | Choose which kinds of CPA email you get, or turn them all off, in My Account → Email Preferences. Most CPA emails end with a link there. Receipts, password resets and official club notices such as the Annual Meeting notice still arrive, and so does mail to the board, chairs and volunteers. |
| Can I get a copy of my data, or close my account? | Both are under My Account → Your Data. Deletion has a 30-day grace period in case you change your mind. |
| Something is not working. | Check the FAQ, or use the contact form and it reaches the right volunteer. |
