La Plata County Airport
| Durango–La Plata County Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | City of Durango & La Plata County | ||||||||||
| Serves | Durango, Colorado | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 6,685 ft / 2,038 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°09′05″N 107°45′14″W / 37.15139°N 107.75389°WCoordinates: 37°09′05″N 107°45′14″W / 37.15139°N 107.75389°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.FlyDurango.com | ||||||||||
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Location of airport in Colorado / United States
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Durango–La Plata County Airport (IATA: DRO, ICAO: KDRO, FAA LID: DRO) is a city- and county-owned public airport 12 miles southeast of Durango, in La Plata County, Colorado.
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records say it had 134,386 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 148,077 in 2009 and 163,611 in 2010.
The airport covers 1,281 acres (518 ha) at an elevation of 6,685 feet (2,038 m). Its one runway, 3/21, is 9,201 by 150 feet (2,804 x 46 m) asphalt.
In 2011 the airport had 29,020 aircraft operations, average 79 per day: 69% general aviation, 22% air taxi, 8% airline, and 2% military. 70 aircraft were then based at the airport: 87% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, and 1% helicopter.
The airport has three boarding gates, five plane stands, a pre-security restaurant and a gift shop. It has free wi-fi internet terminal-wide.
Several airlines flew mainline jets to Durango. American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80s flew to Dallas/Fort Worth during several winter ski seasons starting in 1994-95; America West Airlines Boeing 737-200s flew to Albuquerque and Phoenix, and the original Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) flew Boeing 737-200s to Denver, and weekend 737 flights to Dallas/Fort Worth during several winter ski seasons. Frontier had served Durango for years with Convair 580 turboprops with flights to Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah; the first jets to serve Durango were Frontier 737s in 1977. During the 1990s, Reno Air operated MD-80 jetliners nonstop to Los Angeles International Airport and also to Albuquerque Sunport.
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