# Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ / KCEZ)

**Cortez Municipal Airport** (IATA: CEZ, ICAO: KCEZ) is a medium airport in Cortez, Colorado, United States. It opened in Jul 1949. It has one runway, 7,205 ft (2,196 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 14 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CEZ / KCEZ
- FAA: CEZ
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Cortez, Colorado, United States
- Opened: Jul 1949
- Elevation: 5,918 ft / 1,804 m
- Coordinates: 37.3030, -108.6280
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 7,205 ft / 2,196 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches, 2 departures
- Passengers: 14,179 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://www.cityofcortez.com/government/airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortez_Municipal_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1657799
- Weather station: KCEZ
- Ident: KCEZ

## Timeline

- Jul 1949: Cortez Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 7,205 ft / 2,196 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 042° / 222° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00112AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 4,634 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 10,102 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 15,657 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 15,149 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 17,133 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 10,904 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 12,121 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 13,593 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 17,500 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 17,246 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 14,179 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 277 mi / 446 km · Denver Air Connection
- [PHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphx.md) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · United States · 328 mi / 528 km · Denver Air Connection

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [Denver Air Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/denver-air-connection) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 14K (2025) | #2,557 of 3,974 | #610 in North America | #421 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,205 ft / 2,196 m | =3,338 of 29,858 | #743 in North America | #551 in US |
| Elevation | 5,918 ft / 1,804 m | #1,113 of 43,403 | #576 in North America | #422 in US |
| Age | Opened 1949 | =3,461 of 15,079 | =2,337 in North America | =2,277 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 135.625 |
| CNTR | DENVER CNTR | 118.575 |
| RDO | DENVER RDO | 122.300 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [FMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfmn.md) Four Corners Regional Airport · 45 mi / 72 km
- [DRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdro.md) Durango La Plata County Airport · 49 mi / 79 km
- [TEX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktex.md) Telluride Regional Airport · 60 mi / 96 km
- [MTJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmtj.md) Montrose Regional Airport · 92 mi / 149 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: “Cortez Municipal Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cortez_Municipal_Airport&oldid=1364480843), revision of 16 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/kcez/data