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📍 Ellicott⬆ 6,145 ft3 runways
KA50 ·

Colorado Springs East Airport

38.87440°N
-104.41000°W
ARR / DAY
2
27.3%
DEP / DAY
3
46.7%

Colorado Springs East Airport (KA50) is a small general aviation airport located in Ellicott, CO, 22 mi east of Colorado Springs. It features 3 runways with the longest being 4,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

08
38% of ops
65 land · 0 TO
35L
35% of ops
61 land · 19 TO
17R
21% of ops
37 land · 33 TO
26
6% of ops
10 land · 0 TO
Runway 08 carries 38% of operations (65 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35L at 35%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

08 65 landings
UA 0%
35L 61 landings
UA 0%
17R 37 landings
UA 5%
26 10 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 65 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
4.3
flights/day · 128 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
78%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 4.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (3.4 vs 4.8 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (33% of 124 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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