Front Range Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Front Range Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Aurora, Colorado | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,512 ft / 1,680 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°47′07″N 104°32′35″W / 39.78528°N 104.54306°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.ftg-airport.com | ||||||||||||||
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| Aircraft operations | 94,625 |
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| Based aircraft | 396 |
Front Range Airport (ICAO: KFTG, FAA LID: FTG) is a public airport located on the northeastern edge of Aurora, Colorado, three miles (5 km) southeast of Denver International Airport. It was owned by the Front Range Airport Authority, until January 2014 when Front Range Airport and all its employees merged with Adams County and became its own Department. Front Range Airport serves the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The postal designation of Watkins, a nearby unincorporated community, is used in the airport's mailing address.
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Front Range Airport is assigned FTG by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.
Front Range is a small general aviation airport, although increased demand has warranted a number of expansion programs in recent years. Until 2005 it was a non-towered airport without air traffic control (ATC) services, when the tallest general aviation control tower in the United States (191 ft) was opened along with full ATC services. Currently, Front Range airport serves as the base of a few flying schools, flight clubs, maintenance services, and air rescue training facilities. Due to its location on the flat plains of eastern Colorado, as well as generally cheaper aircraft rental rates, it is a very popular airport for both flight training and recreational flights. It is also popular among owners and pilots of kit-built aircraft, and the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has a very strong presence at Front Range, which frequently hosts the EAA Young Eagles Rallyes.
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