Centennial Airport

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Centennial Airport
IATA: APA - ICAO: KAPA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority
Serves		Arapahoe County, Colorado
Elevation AMSL		5,883 ft (1,793 m)
Coordinates		39°34′12″N, 104°50′57″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17R/35L	7,004	2,135	Asphalt
17L/35R	10,002	3,049	Asphalt
10/28	4,800	1,463	Asphalt

Centennial Airport (IATA: APA, ICAO: KAPA) formerly Arapahoe County Airport, lies adjacent to Centennial, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. However, it is not named after the city, having predated the city by over 30 years, opening in May 1967. It is the busiest general aviation airport of the Rocky Mountain Region and the second busiest general aviation airport in the United States. It possesses a control tower and associated air traffic control services, and three runways - 17/35 Left and Right, and 10/28. A number of flight schools, flying clubs, air charter services, aircraft sales services and aircraft maintenance services are based at Centennial Airport.

Three Fixed Based Operators (FBOs), Denver jetCenter, TAC Air, and Signature Flight Support, have operations at Centennial Airport.

[edit] Safety Issues

Following a spate of fatal crashes at Centennial airport in 2004 - 2005, including 2 involving Mitsubishi MU-2 aircraft operated by Flightline Inc within a short period, reporters at the Denver Post used National Transportation Safety Board accident data to show that "the airport has had more general-aviation accidents - 69 - associated with it than any other U.S. airport over the past 15 years, about 35 percent more than an airfield in Anchorage, Alaska, that has the second-highest number." The airport’s accident rate is lower - 35th nationally among those with at least 500,000 takeoffs and landings since 1990 - because it is also one of the nation’s busiest.