Colorado Springs Airport

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Colorado Springs Airport

IATA: COS - ICAO: KCOS
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		City of Colorado Springs
Serves		Colorado Springs, Colorado
Elevation AMSL		6,187 ft (1885.8 m)
Coordinates		38°48′21″N, 104°42′03″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17L/35R	13,501	4,115	Concrete
17R/35L	11,022	3,360	Asphalt
12/30	8,269	2,520	Asphalt

Colorado Springs Airport (IATA: COS, ICAO: KCOS), also known as City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, is a public airport located six miles (10 km) southeast of the central business district (CBD) of Colorado Springs, a city in El Paso County, Colorado, USA. It is the second busiest airport in the state of Colorado. The airport is co-located with Peterson Air Force Base, which is located along the north side of runway 12/30.

1 Facilities
2 History
3 Operations
4 Airlines
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Facilities

The single 16-gate passenger terminal opened on October 22, 1994. It currently serves over 2 million passengers annually[1].

Colorado Springs Airport covers 7,200 acres and has three runways:

Runway 17L/35R: 13,501 x 150 ft. (4,115 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
Runway 17R/35L: 11,022 x 150 ft. (3,360 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 12/30: 8,269 x 150 ft. (2,520 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt

[edit] History

The airport was founded in 1927, the same year Charles Lindbergh made his transatlantic flight. Originally the airport covered an area of 640 acres and had two gravel runways. By the late 1930's the first passenger traffic was flowing through the airport on a flight that ran from El Paso, Texas through Pueblo, Colorado, Colorado Springs, and Denver, then back again. The first terminal was built in 1940 in an art deco style. Soon after the terminal was built the field was taken over by the military in the months preceding World War II. After the war the city regained operations at the airport.

In 1966, a new terminal was built on the west side of the runways. This terminal was expanded several times throughout the 1970's and 80's. By 1991, the airport consisted of three 150 wide runways, one of which had a length of 13,501 feet, making it the longest runway in Colorado. By this year the old terminal could no longer handle the high passenger traffic that had begun and the city approved the building of a new terminal.

The new terminal, a 280,000 square foot, 16-gate facility cost $140 Million dollars to build. It was opened on October 22, 1994. Source: [2]

[edit] Operations

Through the 70's, 80's and 90's the airport was constantly adding new fares and expanding service. The largest number of passenger arriving and departing the Colorado Springs Airport was in 1996, when the airport handled nearly 5 Million passengers. At that time the now defunct Western Pacific Airlines had a hub at the airport. The airline moved their hub to Denver International Airport in late 1996, which caused an abrupt decline in passenger traffic.

Colorado Springs continues to expand service and now offers non-stop service to thirteen U.S. cities. Most of the cities that can be reached from the airport are hubs for major airlines, however Colorado Springs has added service to several non-hub cities in recent years, and has plans to continue to do so. Source: [3]

[edit] Airlines

Allegiant Air Gate 7 (Las Vegas)
American Airlines Gates 6 and 8 (Dallas/Fort Worth)
- American Eagle (Chicago-O'Hare)
Continental Airlines Gate 1
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
Delta Air Lines Gate 4 (Atlanta)
- Delta Connection operated by Comair (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City)
Northwest Airlines Gate 10 (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
United Airlines (Denver) Gates 5A, 11, and 12
- United Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Denver)
- United Express operated by SkyWest (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco)
US Airways Gate 3
- US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)