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📍 Ellicott⬆ 6,145 ft3 runways
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Colorado Springs East Airport

38.87440°N
-104.41000°W
ARR / DAY
3
▲ 33.3%
DEP / DAY
4
▲ 52.6%

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 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KPUB, 41 mi away (KA50 does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
57°F
Wind
8 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KPUB 302353Z AUTO 33008KT 8SM -RA OVC075 14/11 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP096 P0001 60011 T01390111 10172 20139 53011

Runway intelligence

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

35L
43% of ops
38 land · 10 TO
08
26% of ops
23 land · 3 TO
17R
20% of ops
18 land · 10 TO
26
10% of ops
9 land · 2 TO
Runway 35L carries 43% of operations (38 landings, 10 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

35L 38 landings
UA 8%
08 23 landings
UA 0%
17R 18 landings
UA 0%
26 9 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35L show a 8% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 38 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
5.7
flights/day · 171 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 5.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (6.8 vs 5.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 137 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 17:00 UTC