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KA50 ·

Colorado Springs East Airport

38.87440°N
-104.41000°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

Colorado Springs East Airport (KA50) is a small general aviation airport located in Ellicott, CO, 22 mi east of Colorado Springs. It features 3 runways with the longest being 4,500 feet.

Current weather

From KCOS, 16 mi away (KA50 does not publish METAR)

25m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
10 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KCOS 030054Z 17010KT 10SM FEW110 28/02 A3005 RMK AO2 SLPNO T02780022 $

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

35L
40% of ops
61 land · 26 TO
17R
30% of ops
46 land · 35 TO
08
25% of ops
38 land · 3 TO
26
5% of ops
8 land · 3 TO
Runway 35L carries 40% of operations (61 landings, 26 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17R at 30%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

35L 61 landings
UA 2%
17R 46 landings
UA 4%
08 38 landings
UA 0%
26 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35L show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 61 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
6.4
flights/day · 193 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
89%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 6.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (6.0 vs 6.9 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (22% of 175 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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