KCOS · City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO · LARGE AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

6,187

Elevation ft

Runways

13,500

Longest ft · 17L/35R

38.81N

104.70W

City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport serves Colorado Springs, Colorado at 6,187 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17L/35R, at 13,500 by 150 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
17L/35R	13,500 × 150 ft	concrete	lit
17R/35L	11,022 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit
12/30	8,272 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 6,187 ft is about 3°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 3°C)	6,187 ft	3,645 ft	2,763 ft	4,144 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	7,387 ft	3,879 ft	2,889 ft	4,334 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	8,587 ft	4,113 ft	3,016 ft	4,524 ft
35°C afternoon	10,072 ft	4,402 ft	3,173 ft	4,759 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17L/35R, 13,500 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,759 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KCOS is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KFLY Meadow Lake Airport	10 nm NE	6,001 ft
K1V6 Fremont County Airport	30 nm SW	5,399 ft
KPUB Pueblo Memorial Airport	32 nm S	10,498 ft
KAPA Centennial Airport	46 nm N	10,001 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KCOS

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KCOS, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KCOS or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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