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KFTG ·

Colorado Air and Space Port

39.78419°N
-104.53764°W
ARR / DAY
72
▲ 52.9%
DEP / DAY
75
▲ 61.6%

Colorado Air and Space Port (KFTG) is a small general aviation airport located in Denver, CO, 16 mi east of Aurora. It features 3 runways with the longest being 8,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 72 arrivals and 75 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KDEN, 9 mi away (KFTG does not publish METAR)

16m ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
3 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KDEN 101753Z 07003KT 10SM FEW160 BKN220 15/M03 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP181 T01501028 10150 20011 51009

Runway intelligence

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

26
46% of ops
1,074 land · 705 TO
08
27% of ops
622 land · 722 TO
35
16% of ops
368 land · 92 TO
17
8% of ops
188 land · 572 TO
36
3% of ops
64 land · 2 TO
18
1% of ops
20 land · 9 TO
Runway 26 carries 46% of operations (1,074 landings, 705 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

26 1,074 landings
UA 2%
08 622 landings
UA 14%
35 368 landings
UA 4%
17 188 landings
UA 8%
36 64 landings
UA 22%GA 3.1%
18 20 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 26 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (20 UA events from 1,074 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
79.3
flights/day · 2,378 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 6pm · 4pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 79.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (73.9 vs 85.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (66% of 1,864 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 5 PM · 1 movement every 300 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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