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KA50 ·

Colorado Springs East Airport

38.87440°N
-104.41000°W
ARR / DAY
3
35.3%
DEP / DAY
5
94.1%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

35L
39% of ops
31 land · 19 TO
17R
32% of ops
25 land · 13 TO
08
25% of ops
20 land · 2 TO
26
4% of ops
3 land · 3 TO
Runway 35L carries 39% of operations (31 landings, 19 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17R at 32%.

Approach quality

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

35L 31 landings
UA 0%
17R 25 landings
UA 4%
08 20 landings
UA 0%
26 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35L show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 31 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
5.7
flights/day · 170 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
89%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 5.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (4.2 vs 6.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 157 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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