Colorado Springs Airport (IATA: COS, ICAO: KCOS, FAA LID: COS) (City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport) is a city-owned public civil-military airport 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Colorado Springs, in El Paso County, Colorado. It is the second busiest airport in the state. The airport is co-located with Peterson Air Force Base which is on the north side of runway 12/30.
CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT HISTORY
The airport was founded in 1927, the same year Charles Lindbergh made his transatlantic flight. Seven miles east of the city, the airport at the time covered 640 acres (2.6 km²) and had two gravel runways. In the late 1930s the first passenger traffic flowed through the airport on a flight from El Paso, Texas, through Pueblo, Colorado Springs, to Denver and back. The first municipal terminal was built in 1942 in an art deco style. Soon after the terminal was built the field was taken over by the military in the months preceding World War II. After the war, the city regained operational control.
CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT LOCATION
Colorado Springs Airport (IATA: COS, ICAO: KCOS, FAA LID: COS) (City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport) is a city-owned public civil-military airport 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Colorado Springs, in El Paso County, Colorado.
CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FACTS
ICAO/IATA: COS/KCOS
Lat: 38.80580139160156
Long: -104.70099639892578
Elevation: 6187 ft.
Runway length available: 12/30 8269×150 ft. :: 17R/35L 11022×150 ft. :: 17L/35R 13501×150 ft.
