Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport

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Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport
IATA: GUC - ICAO: KGUC
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Gunnison County
Serves		Gunnison, Colorado
Elevation AMSL		7,678 ft (2,340 m)
Coordinates		38°32′02″N, 106°55′59″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
6/24	9,400	2,865	Paved
17/35	3,000	914	Gravel

Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (IATA: GUC, ICAO: KGUC), also known as Gunnison County Airport, is a public airport located at the southern edge of Gunnison, Colorado. Operated by Gunnison County, it serves the valley and nearby Crested Butte, Colorado with both commercial airline and general aviation flights.

The airport is seasonal, in that many flights from GUC only operate during the winter. Travel through Gunnison is mainly by vacationers going skiing during winter in Crested Butte. There is a small one-building terminal with only two jetbridge gates, and one baggage carrousel located in the lower lobby. There is one restaurant and gift shop located on the second floor. The airport sees limited turbo-prop service during summer, however has daily 757 service during winter.

It is located at 38°32′02″N, 106°55′59″W (38.5339444, -106.9330278), at an elevation of 7678 feet or 2340 meters above mean sea level. U.S. 50 runs along the northwest side of the airport, which is located immediately south of downtown. Its close location is due in part to redevelopment of land formerly occupied by the Denver & Rio Grande narrow gauge railroad and rail yards. The line was abandoned in 1953.[1]

The main runway (6/24) is aligned along a west-southwest to east-northeast axis. It is 9400 feet or 2865 meters in length, and 150 feet or 46 meters wide. A second unpaved runway (17/53), to the due south of the main, is available to small aircraft in the summer. This one is 3000 feet or 914 meters long, and 150 feet or 46 meters wide.