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Peterson Field Airport
Airport Directory » United States » Colorado Springs » Peterson Field AirportColorado Springs Airport (IATA: COS, ICAO: KCOS, FAA LID: COS), also known as the City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, is a city-owned public-use airport turn up 6 land mile (ten kilometre) southeastward of the central downtown of Colorado Springs, a town in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is the 2nd busiest airport in the province of Colorado. The airport is co-located with Peterson Air Force Base, which is turn up alongside the northward side of landing track 12/30.
History
The airport was constituted in 1927, the same yr Charles Lindbergh do his transatlantic voyage. Originally the airport covered an area of 640 acres (2.6 km²) and had 2 crushed rock landing track. By the late 1930s the 1st rider traffic was flowing through the airport on a voyage that ran from El Paso, Texas through Pueblo, Colorado, Colorado Springs, and Denver, then dorsum once more. The original location was the present solar day place of the northern municipal influence constitute, east of Nevada Avenue and southward of Winters Street. The 1st depot was built in 1940 in an art art deco fashion. Soon after the depot was made, the field was taken over by the armed forces in the calendar month predating World War II. After the conflict, the town retrieved functioning at the airport.
In 1966, a new depot was built on the west side of the landing track, at a new location east of Colorado Springs beyond Powers Boulevard. This depot was spread out several clips throughout the 1970s and 80s. By 1991, the airport dwell of 3 150-foot (46 m) broad landing track, 1 of which had a length of 13,501 human foot (4,115 m), make it the longest landing track in Colorado until 16R/34L, a 16,000-foot (4,900 m) long landing track, opened at Denver International Airport in September 2003. By 1991, the old depot is able to no longer manage the increasing rider traffic, and the town okayed the construction of a new depot on the southward side of the field.
The new depot, a 280,000 sq ft, 16-gate installation cost $140 million dollars to construct. It was opened on October 22, 1994.
On November 2, 2007, Frontier Airlines denoted that the bearer's new heavy-maintenance installation shall be build at the airport. The 100,000-square-foot (9,300 mtwo) installation is anticipated to be finished by summertime of 2009. The air hose also denoted its aims to set about service between Colorado Springs and its Denver hub in springtime 2008.
Operations
Through the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, the airport was invariably adding new menus and spreading out service. The largest figure of rider coming and digressing the Colorado Springs Airport was in 1996, when the airport dealt well-nigh 5 million riders. At that clip the currently defunct Western Pacific Airlines had a hub at the airport. The air hose go their hub to Denver International Airport in late 1996, which do an abrupt worsen in rider traffic.
Colorado Springs elongates to spread out service and currently offers non-stop service to 11 U.S. towns. Most of the towns that is able to be hit from the airport are hubs for major air hose. However, Colorado Springs has seen sporadic service to several non-hub towns in recent yr.
Facilities and aircraft
City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport covers an area of 7,200 acres (2,914 ha) which incorporates 3 paved landing track: 17L/35R measure out 13,501 x 150 foot (4,115 x 46 m), 17R/35L measure out 11,022 x 150 foot (3,360 x 46 m) and 12/30 measure out 8,269 x 150 foot (2,520 x 46 m).
For the 12-month time period finish January 31, 2006, the airport had 153,244 aircraft functioning, an mean of 419 per solar day: 58% civil aviation, 18% air cab, 14% scheduled commercial and 11% armed forces. At that clip there were 292 aircraft ground at this airport: 50% single-engine, 22% multi-engine, 12% jet plane, 1% eggbeater and 16% armed forces.
The individual 16-gate rider depot opened on October 22, 1994. It now assists over 2 million riders each year.
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