# Centennial Airport (APA / KAPA)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kapa

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: APA / KAPA
- FAA: APA
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Denver, Colorado, United States
- Opened: May 1967
- Elevation: 5,885 ft / 1,794 m
- Coordinates: 39.5701, -104.8490
- Runways: 3
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 10,001 ft / 3,048 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches, 9 departures, 11 arrivals
- Passengers: 18,087 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: https://www.centennialairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1422799
- Weather station: KAPA
- Ident: KAPA

## Timeline

- May 1967: Centennial Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17L/35R | 10,001 ft / 3,048 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 178° / 358° | yes |
| 17R/35L | 7,001 ft / 2,134 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 178° / 358° | yes |
| 10/28 | 4,800 ft / 1,463 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 111° / 291° | yes |

- Also 1 helipad.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05715AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2018 | 334 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 305 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 236 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 765 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 740 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 463 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 295 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 18,087 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [SCF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdl.md) Scottsdale Airport · United States · 567 mi / 913 km · JSX (airline)
- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 611 mi / 984 km · JSX (airline)

### Seasonal (1)

- [DAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdal.md) Dallas Love Field · United States · 644 mi / 1,036 km · JSX (airline)

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from APA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- KG [Key Lime Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/key-lime-air)

### Passenger (1)

- [JSX](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jsx) · 3

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 18K (2025) | #2,481 of 3,974 | #585 in North America | #403 in US |
| Longest runway | 10,001 ft / 3,048 m | =1,048 of 29,858 | =234 in North America | =183 in US |
| Elevation | 5,885 ft / 1,794 m | =1,140 of 43,403 | #590 in North America | #434 in US |
| Age | Opened 1967 | =5,747 of 15,079 | =4,072 in North America | =3,985 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | DENVER APP/DEP | 132.750 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 120.300 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 128.600 |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| RDO | DENVER RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.900 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [BFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbkf.md) Buckley Space Force Base · 10 mi / 17 km
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · 22 mi / 36 km
- [BJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbjc.md) Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport · 27 mi / 44 km
- [COS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcos.md) City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport · 53 mi / 86 km
- [FNL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfnl.md) Northern Colorado Regional Airport · 61 mi / 99 km
- [FCS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfcs.md) Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field · 62 mi / 99 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Centennial Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Centennial_Airport&oldid=1364272887), revision of 15 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kapa/data