COS

City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport

ICAO KCOS38.8058°N 104.7010°W6,187 ft / 1,886 mLarge airport
On the map

City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (IATA: COS, ICAO: KCOS) is a large airport in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. It opened in 1927. It has 3 runways; the longest is 13,500 ft (4,115 m). In 2025 it handled 2.5 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1927–1991
1927
OpenedCity of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport opens.
03 MAR 1991
DisasterUnited Airlines Flight 585.5 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Passenger TerminalEast Terminal
17L/35R180° / 360° · LIT
LENGTH13,500 ft4,115 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
17R/35L180° / 360° · LIT · SLOPE 1.2%
LENGTH11,022 ft3,360 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
13/31135° / 315° · LIT
LENGTH8,270 ft2,521 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.2M
1.2M
1.4M
1.7M
1.8M
1.7M
734K
2.0M
2.3M
2.5M
2.5M
2.5M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

10 destinations · 1 country
Year-round9
DENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines117 km73 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection660 km410 miAZAMesa Gateway AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air874 km543 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle953 km592 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Express1,302 km809 miSNAJohn Wayne Orange County International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,310 km814 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle1,463 km909 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,903 km1,182 miPIESt. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,367 km1,471 mi
Most destinationsUnited Express 3Allegiant Air 3Delta Connection 2American Eagle 2United Airlines 1Delta Air Lines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from COS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Colorado Springs Airport” (revision of 27 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.5M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#515of 3,974 · #122 North America · #95 USLongest runway13,500 ft4,115 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=72of 29,823 · =26 North America · =21 USElevation6,187 ft1,886 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#943of 43,341 · #484 North America · #351 USAgeOpened 19272026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=280of 15,079 · =42 North America · =40 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

12 channels
APPSPRINGS APP118.500
ATISATIS125.000
CLDCLNC DEL134.450
CTAFCTAF124.150
DEPSPRINGS DEP124.000
GNDGND121.700
OPSAFRC OPS29.840
PMSVPMSV PETERSON METRO34.920
PTDPETERSON PTD122.850
RDODENVER RDO122.250
TWRSPRINGS TWR119.900
UNICUNICOM122.950