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Colorado Springs East Airport

38.87440°N
-104.41000°W
ARR / DAY
1
36.4%
DEP / DAY
2
54.2%

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 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KCOS, 16 mi away (KA50 does not publish METAR)

43m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
5 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KCOS 241554Z VRB05KT 10SM FEW070 FEW250 29/12 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02890117

Runway intelligence

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

35L
35% of ops
62 land · 26 TO
08
34% of ops
60 land · 0 TO
17R
26% of ops
46 land · 23 TO
26
6% of ops
11 land · 2 TO
Runway 35L carries 35% of operations (62 landings, 26 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

35L 62 landings
UA 0%
08 60 landings
UA 0%
17R 46 landings
UA 0%
26 11 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35L show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 62 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
3.8
flights/day · 113 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
86%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 3.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (3.1 vs 4.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (36% of 108 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 16:37 UTC