# Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field (FCS / KFCS)

**Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field** (IATA: FCS, ICAO: KFCS) is a medium airport in Fort Carson, Colorado, United States. It has one runway, 4,521 ft (1,378 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FCS / KFCS
- FAA: FCS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Fort Carson, Colorado, United States
- Elevation: 5,841 ft / 1,780 m
- Coordinates: 38.6784, -104.7570
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,521 ft / 1,378 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61665440
- Weather station: KFCS · WMO 72468
- Ident: KFCS

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 4,521 ft / 1,378 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 137° / 317° | yes |

- 13/31 slopes 1.0%: threshold 31 at 5,796 ft / 1,767 m, threshold 13 at 5,841 ft / 1,780 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,521 ft / 1,378 m | =8,059 of 29,858 | #3,009 in North America | #2,478 in US |
| Elevation | 5,841 ft / 1,780 m | =1,169 of 43,403 | =606 in North America | =449 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | SPRINGS APP/DEP | 124.000 |
| A/G | FLT FLW | 38.350 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 108.800 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 44.100 |
| PTD | PTD/OPS | 141.150 |
| TWR | TWR | 125.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [COS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcos.md) City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport · 9.3 mi / 15 km
- [PUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpub.md) Pueblo Memorial Airport · 30 mi / 49 km
- [APA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kapa.md) Centennial Airport · 62 mi / 99 km
- [BFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbkf.md) Buckley Space Force Base · 71 mi / 114 km
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · 82 mi / 132 km
- [BJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbjc.md) Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport · 87 mi / 140 km

## Sources

- [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)
- [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/kfcs/data