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Colorado Springs East Airport

38.87440°N
-104.41000°W
ARR / DAY
0
78.6%
DEP / DAY
1
80.8%

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

Current weather

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

45m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
3 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KCOS 251254Z 29003KT 10SM FEW120 SCT160 BKN250 20/12 A3030 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02000122 $

Runway intelligence

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

08
35% of ops
60 land · 0 TO
35L
34% of ops
59 land · 26 TO
17R
25% of ops
43 land · 23 TO
26
6% of ops
11 land · 2 TO
Runway 08 carries 35% of operations (60 landings, 0 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 60 landings
UA 0%
35L 59 landings
UA 0%
17R 43 landings
UA 0%
26 11 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 60 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
3.7
flights/day · 111 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
87%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 3.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (3.1 vs 4.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (36% of 107 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 13:39 UTC