Durango–La Plata County Airport

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This article is about the airport in Durango, Colorado, United States. For the airport in Durango, Mexico, see General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport.
Durango–La Plata County Airport
IATA: DRO – ICAO: KDRO – FAA LID: DRO
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator City of Durango & La Plata County
Serves Durango, Colorado
Elevation AMSL 6,685 ft / 2,038 m
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Website www.FlyDurango.com
Map
DRO is located in Colorado
DRO
DRO
Location of airport in Colorado
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 9,201 2,804 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 29,020
Based aircraft 70

Durango–La Plata County Airport (IATA: DRO[2], ICAO: KDRO, FAA LID: DRO) is a city- and county-owned public airport 12 miles southeast of Durango, in La Plata County, Colorado.[1]

The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.[3] Federal Aviation Administration records say it had 134,386 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[4] 148,077 in 2009 and 163,611 in 2010.[5]

History

Durango–La Plata County Airport was served during the 1990s by Reno Air with MD-80 flights from Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California and Albuquerque International Sunport in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[6]

Facilities

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.[1]

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.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines Destinations
American Eagle Dallas/Fort Worth, Phoenix–Sky Harbor
Seasonal: Los Angeles (begins June 2, 2016)[7]
United Express Denver

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.

A number of regional and commuter airlines served DRO, mainly to Denver. Aspen Airways flew British Aerospace BAe 146-100 jets and Convair 580 turboprops as an independent airline and later as United Express; Rocky Mountain Airways flying as Continental Express had ATR-42s, Beechcraft 1900Cs and de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7s; Mesa Airlines operating as United Express had Beechcraft 1900Cs, de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8s and Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias, and GP Express Airlines (Continental Connection) flew Beechcraft 1900Cs. Trans-Colorado Airlines served Durango as Continental Express with Fairchild Swearingen Metroliners.[8]

All flights now are turboprops or regional jets. American Eagle, flying for American Airlines, has Embraer ERJ-140s and ERJ-145s nonstop to Dallas/Fort Worth, and Canadair CRJ-200s and CRJ-900s operate to flights to Phoenix. United Express/Republic Airlines mainly flies the Bombardier Q400, although other United Express flights nonstop to Denver are flown by SkyWest Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 and by ExpressJet Embraer ERJ-145s.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for DRO (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
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  8. ↑ departedflights.com, Official Airline Guide (OAG), North American editions: April 1, 1974; Nov. 15, 1979; April 1, 1981; July 1, 1983; Dec. 15, 1989; Oct. 1, 1991

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