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KFTG ·

Colorado Air and Space Port

39.78419°N
-104.53764°W
ARR / DAY
63
10.3%
DEP / DAY
57
4.2%

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 63 arrivals and 57 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

34m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
6 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KDEN 121353Z 24006KT 10SM BKN150 BKN220 23/08 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP080 T02280083

Runway intelligence

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

26
52% of ops
2,413 land · 1,959 TO
08
23% of ops
1,063 land · 1,068 TO
17
11% of ops
496 land · 1,168 TO
35
9% of ops
408 land · 36 TO
36
5% of ops
212 land · 8 TO
18
1% of ops
34 land · 8 TO
Runway 26 carries 52% of operations (2,413 landings, 1,959 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

26 2,413 landings
UA 1%
08 1,063 landings
UA 20%
17 496 landings
UA 18%
35 408 landings
UA 8%
36 212 landings
UA 16%GA 1.4%
18 34 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 26 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (33 UA events from 2,413 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
82.5
flights/day · 2,475 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
82%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 82.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (60.5 vs 94.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (64% of 1,839 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 4 PM · 1 movement every 200 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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 14:27 UTC