APA

Centennial Airport

ICAO KAPA39.5701°N 104.8490°W5,885 ft / 1,794 mMedium airport
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Centennial Airport Tower
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Centennial Airport (IATA: APA, ICAO: KAPA) is a medium airport in Denver, Colorado, United States. It opened in May 1967. It has 3 runways; the longest is 10,001 ft (3,048 m). In 2025 it handled 18 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1967–1967
MAY 1967
OpenedCentennial Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · 1 helipad · FAA diagram PDF
Centennial Airport
17L/35R178° / 358° · LIT
LENGTH10,001 ft3,048 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt
17R/35L178° / 358° · LIT
LENGTH7,001 ft2,134 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt
10/28111° / 291° · LIT
LENGTH4,800 ft1,463 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2018–2025
334
305
236
765
740
463
295
18K
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Routes

3 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from APA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Centennial Airport” (revision of 15 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers18K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,481of 3,974 · #585 North America · #403 USLongest runway10,001 ft3,048 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,048of 29,823 · =234 North America · =183 USElevation5,885 ft1,794 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=1,138of 43,341 · #589 North America · #433 USAgeOpened 19672026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,747of 15,079 · =4,073 North America · =3,986 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
A/DDENVER APP/DEP132.750
ATISATIS120.300
CLDCLNC DEL128.600
GNDGND121.800
RDODENVER RDO122.200
TWRTWR118.900
UNICUNICOM122.950