Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport Guide
Gunnison–Crested Butte Regional Airport, also called Gunnison County Airport, sits about one mile southwest of the town of Gunnison in Gunnison County, Colorado. The field lies at 7,680 feet above sea level on 1,600 acres, with U.S. 50 running along its northwest side. Monarch Airlines served Gunnison by the late 1940s, and the route passed to Frontier Airlines, which flew DC-3 service by 1950.
The County of Gunnison owns the airport. Most traffic is seasonal, tied to winter skiing at Crested Butte Mountain Resort and summer outdoor travel. United Express flies to Denver year-round and adds Chicago O'Hare and Houston in winter. American Airlines serves Dallas/Fort Worth in the ski season, and JSX runs public charter flights from Dallas Love Field in summer. The airport logged 8,717 aircraft operations in the year ending June 30, 2018, about 24 a day.
Runway 6/24 is a lighted asphalt strip 9,400 feet long. Runway 17/35 is an unlighted turf and gravel strip of 2,981 feet, used in daylight, mainly in summer. The terminal has two jet-bridge gates and two ground-level gates. Baggage claim has one carousel and a separate slide for skis and oversize bags, and rental car and shuttle companies operate from the building.
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Location
Key facts
- Size
- 2 runways
- Location
- 38.535, -106.935
- Operator
- County of Gunnison
- Links
- Wikipedia ↗
Terminals
1 terminalGunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport has 1 passenger terminal — Main Terminal, handling domestic flights for around 3 airlines. Check which terminal your airline uses before you travel, as check-in, security and boarding points differ between them, and moving from one to another can take time.
- Main TerminalDomestic
United Express, American Airlines, JSX
Nearby cities
2 citiesGunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport is closest to Gunnison (3 km northeast), and also serves Crested Butte and other nearby areas. With 2 towns and cities within reach, it is a practical gateway for the wider region. Distances shown are straight-line from the airport, so allow extra time for road transfers, traffic and parking.
- Gunnison3 km northeast
- Crested Butte45 km north
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