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Colorado Springs East Airport

38.87440°N
-104.41000°W
ARR / DAY
8
700.0%
DEP / DAY
6
100.0%

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 8 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From K1V6, 49 mi away (KA50 does not publish METAR)

28m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
12 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K1V6 121335Z AUTO 28012KT 10SM CLR 23/08 A3006 RMK AO1

Runway intelligence

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

08
34% of ops
50 land · 2 TO
35L
34% of ops
49 land · 68 TO
17R
22% of ops
32 land · 16 TO
26
10% of ops
14 land · 11 TO
Runway 08 carries 34% of operations (50 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35L at 34%.

Approach quality

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

08 50 landings
UA 0%
35L 49 landings
UA 0%
17R 32 landings
UA 3%
26 14 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 50 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
5.4
flights/day · 162 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
87%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 5.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (3.0 vs 6.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 151 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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