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📍 Ellicott⬆ 6,145 ft3 runways
KA50 ·

Colorado Springs East Airport

38.87440°N
-104.41000°W
ARR / DAY
3
17.4%
DEP / DAY
3
34.4%

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 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

27m ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
3 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KCOS 290754Z 35003KT 10SM BKN250 18/09 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP137 T01780089 $

Runway intelligence

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

35L
42% of ops
36 land · 18 TO
17R
29% of ops
25 land · 17 TO
08
24% of ops
20 land · 2 TO
26
5% of ops
4 land · 3 TO
Runway 35L carries 42% of operations (36 landings, 18 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17R at 29%.

Approach quality

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

35L 36 landings
UA 0%
17R 25 landings
UA 4%
08 20 landings
UA 0%
26 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35L show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 36 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
6.0
flights/day · 181 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
90%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 6.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (5.5 vs 6.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 166 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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