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Airport Montrose (USA)

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Montrose Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMontrose County
LocationMontrose, Colorado
Elevation AMSL5,759 ft / 1,755 m
Coordinates38°3035.26N 107°5339.27W / 38.5097944°N 107.8942417°W / 38.5097944; -107.8942417
Websitehttp://www.co.montrose.co.us/
Map
MTJ
Location of airport in Colorado / United States
MTJ
MTJ (the US)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 10,000 3,048 Asphalt
13/31 7,510 2,289 Asphalt

Montrose Regional Airport (IATA: MTJ, ICAO: KMTJ, FAA LID: MTJ) is a non-towered public airport on the northwest side of Montrose, in zip code 81401 in southwestern Colorado. Its two runways are at elevation 5,759 feet (1,755 m). MTJ covers 966 acres (391 ha) of land.[1]

Monarch Airlines started flying to Montrose in the 1940s. Successor Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) flew to the present airport since the 1950s; the first jets were Frontier Boeing 737-200s in 1982 (runway 12/30 was then 8500 ft). Earlier, Frontier flew Convair 580s between Montrose and Denver.

An enhanced and expanded Montrose Regional Airport was dedicated on June 25, 1988, with Chuck Yeager cutting the ribbon. Runway 17/35 (10,000 feet in length) was built during the 1990s.

Except for United Express flights to Denver and American Eagle flights to Dallas/Fort Worth, flights operate from MTJ only during the winter.

United's service to New York's LaGuardia Airport only operates on Saturdays in the winter, due to perimeter restrictions at LGA which are only lifted on Saturdays.

Montrose Regional is the nearest airport with scheduled mainline passenger jets to ski areas around Telluride.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Allegiant Air Seasonal: Las Vegas, Los Angeles
American Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth
Seasonal: Charlotte, ChicagoO'Hare, Los Angeles, PhoenixSky Harbor
Delta Air Lines Seasonal: Atlanta, Salt Lake City
United Airlines Denver
Seasonal: ChicagoO'Hare, HoustonIntercontinental, Los Angeles, New YorkLaGuardia, Newark, San Francisco
Top destinations
Busiest domestic routes from MTJ
(October 2017 September 2018)[2]
Rank City Passengers Airlines
1 Denver, Colorado 48,180 Allegiant, United
2 Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas 32,510 American
3 ChicagoO'Hare, Illinois 15,110 American, United
4 HoustonIntercontinental, Texas 10,990 United
5 Phoenix-Sky Harbor, Arizona 9,050 American
7 Los Angeles, California 4,590 Allegiant, American, United
6 Atlanta, Georgia 4,310 Delta
8 Newark, New Jersey 1,960 United
9 San Francisco, California 1,860 United
10 Charlotte, North Carolina 1,480 American

2010-2011 Terminal Project

Montrose Regional Airport remodeled and expanded the passenger terminal adding 10,935 sq. ft. by lengthening the terminal 80 feet to the south. The expansion added space for passenger check in, larger departure lounge, and space at the security checkpoint.

Based Aircraft and Operations

In the year ending December 31, 2017, the airport had 36,550 aircraft operations, average 100 per day: 19% air carrier , <1% air taxi , 75% general aviation and 5% military. At the time there was 81 aircraft based at MTJ, 59 single engine, 13 multi engine, 2 jet, 3 helicopters, 3 gliders and 1 ultra light.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for MTJ (Form 5010 PDF), effective April 26, 2018.
  2. ^ "RITA | BTS | Transtats". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. January 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

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