Colorado Springs East Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 located 25 miles (40 km) east of the central business district

Central business district

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 of the city of Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

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, and 3 miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of the city of Ellicott

Ellicott, Colorado

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 in El Paso County

El Paso County, Colorado

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, Colorado

Colorado

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, United States

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. The airport is privately owned by Springs East Airport, Inc. The airport is 2 miles (3 km) north of Highway 94

Colorado State Highway 94

State Highway 94 is an long east–west Colorado state highway that goes east beginning from US 24 just east of Colorado Springs and ending at U.S. Highway 40/U.S. Highway 287 in rural Cheyenne County west of Wild Horse. The highway serves Schriever Air Force Base and the towns of Ellicott,...

 via a gravel road, and taxiway

Taxiway

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s and vehicle roadways are gravel/grass/dirt.

Facilities and aircraft

Colorado Springs East Airport covers a total area of 284 acre

Acre

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s which contains three runway

Runway

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s:

• Runway 17R/35L: 4,500 x 42 ft (1,372 x 13 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 17L/35R: 4,500 x 40 ft (1,372 x 12 m), Surface: Gravel
• Runway 8/26: 3,440 x 60 ft (1049 x 18 m), Surface: Gravel/dirt

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 8,760 aircraft operations, an average of 24 per day: 80% general aviation

General aviation

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local, 20% general aviation transient, and no military. There are 58 aircraft based at this airport: 54 single engine, 1 multi-engine, 1 helicopter, 1 glider, 1 ultra-light, and no military.

External links

• Colorado Springs East Airport at Colorado DOT website