# Durango La Plata County Airport (DRO / KDRO)

**Durango La Plata County Airport** (IATA: DRO, ICAO: KDRO) is a medium airport in Durango, Colorado, United States. It opened in Nov 1946. It has one runway, 9,201 ft (2,805 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 563 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DRO / KDRO
- FAA: DRO
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Durango, Colorado, United States
- Opened: Nov 1946
- Elevation: 6,689 ft / 2,039 m
- Coordinates: 37.1515, -107.7540
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 9,201 ft / 2,805 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Passengers: 563,336 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://www.flydurango.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durango%E2%80%93La_Plata_County_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1398381
- Weather station: KDRO
- Ident: KDRO

## Timeline

- Nov 1946: Durango La Plata County Airport opens.
- 19 Jan 1988: Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286. 9 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 9,201 ft / 2,805 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 037° / 217° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00480AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 372,460 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 374,813 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 373,085 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 378,161 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 391,261 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 198,250 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 409,422 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 367,131 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 433,655 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 498,848 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 563,336 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 250 mi / 403 km · United Express, United Airlines
- [PHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphx.md) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · United States · 351 mi / 565 km · American Eagle
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 674 mi / 1,084 km · American Eagle, American Airlines

### Seasonal (1)

- [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 868 mi / 1,397 km · United Express

### Cargo (1)

- [ABQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kabq.md) Albuquerque International Sunport · United States · 159 mi / 256 km · FedEx Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 2
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 2
- AA [American Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-airlines) · 1
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 563K (2025) | #1,062 of 3,974 | #254 in North America | #177 in US |
| Longest runway | 9,201 ft / 2,805 m | #1,602 of 29,858 | #345 in North America | #255 in US |
| Elevation | 6,689 ft / 2,039 m | #659 of 43,403 | #325 in North America | #228 in US |
| Age | Opened 1946 | =2,744 of 15,079 | =1,680 in North America | =1,626 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 | 120.625 |
| CNTR | DENVER CNTR | 118.575 |
| RDO | DENVER RDO | 122.350 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [FMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfmn.md) Four Corners Regional Airport · 39 mi / 62 km
- [CEZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcez.md) Cortez Municipal Airport · 49 mi / 79 km
- [TEX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktex.md) Telluride Regional Airport · 56 mi / 90 km

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #90

## 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: “Durango–La Plata County Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durango–La_Plata_County_Airport&oldid=1364483515), 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/kdro/data