# Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT / KGJT)

**Grand Junction Regional Airport** (IATA: GJT, ICAO: KGJT) is a medium airport in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 9,339 ft (2,847 m). In 2025 it handled 664 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GJT / KGJT
- FAA: GJT
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Grand Junction, Colorado, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 4,861 ft / 1,482 m
- Coordinates: 39.1267, -108.5294
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 9,339 ft / 2,847 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches, 5 departures
- Passengers: 663,752 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://www.gjairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Junction_Regional_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3914110
- Weather station: KGJT · WMO 72476
- Ident: KGJT

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Grand Junction Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 9,339 ft / 2,847 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 125° / 305° | yes |
| 04/22 | 5,501 ft / 1,677 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 054° / 234° | yes |

- 04/22 slopes 1.3%: threshold 04 at 4,788 ft / 1,459 m, threshold 22 at 4,861 ft / 1,482 m.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00634AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 444,457 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 462,389 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 458,191 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 473,644 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 530,378 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 284,206 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 523,151 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 465,096 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 522,905 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 557,476 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 663,752 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 212 mi / 341 km · United Express, United Airlines
- [SLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kslc.md) Salt Lake City International Airport · United States · 216 mi / 347 km · Delta Connection
- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 419 mi / 674 km · Breeze Airways
- [PHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphx.md) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · United States · 438 mi / 705 km · American Eagle
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 772 mi / 1,243 km · American Eagle

### Seasonal (1)

- [SNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksna.md) John Wayne Orange County International Airport · United States · 641 mi / 1,032 km · Breeze Airways

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (5)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 2
- MX [Breeze Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/breeze-airways) · 2
- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 1
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 1
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 664K (2025) | #987 of 3,974 | #240 in North America | #168 in US |
| Longest runway | 9,339 ft / 2,847 m | #1,561 of 29,858 | #331 in North America | #245 in US |
| Elevation | 4,861 ft / 1,482 m | #2,210 of 43,403 | #1,172 in North America | #910 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | DENVER APP/DEP | 119.700 |
| AAS | VFR ADVSY SVC | 118.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 118.550 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.100 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| RCO | DENVER RDO | 122.600 |
| TWR | GRAND JUNCTION TWR | 118.100 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [RIL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kril.md) Garfield County Regional Airport · 51 mi / 82 km
- [MTJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmtj.md) Montrose Regional Airport · 55 mi / 88 km
- [CNY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcny.md) Canyonlands Regional Airport · 71 mi / 114 km
- [TEX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktex.md) Telluride Regional Airport · 88 mi / 141 km
- [ASE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kase.md) Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) · 89 mi / 144 km
- [EGE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kege.md) Eagle County Regional Airport · 93 mi / 150 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: “Grand Junction Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grand_Junction_Regional_Airport&oldid=1365147918), revision of 20 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/kgjt/data
