# Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC / KGUC)

**Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport** (IATA: GUC, ICAO: KGUC) is a medium airport in Gunnison, Colorado, United States. It opened in Aug 1947. It has 2 runways; the longest is 9,400 ft (2,865 m). In 2025 it handled 141 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GUC / KGUC
- FAA: GUC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Gunnison, Colorado, United States
- Opened: Aug 1947
- Elevation: 7,680 ft / 2,341 m
- Coordinates: 38.5347, -106.9346
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 9,400 ft / 2,865 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 140,566 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnison%E2%80%93Crested_Butte_Regional_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5619280
- Weather station: KGUC
- Ident: KGUC

## Timeline

- Aug 1947: Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 9,400 ft / 2,865 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 074° / 254° | yes |
| 17/35 | 2,981 ft / 909 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Grass | 180° / 360° |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00517AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 68,230 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 71,656 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 71,513 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 56,409 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 76,537 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 102,877 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 98,283 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 116,662 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 140,566 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 152 mi / 244 km · United Express

### Seasonal (4)

- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 677 mi / 1,090 km · American Airlines
- [DAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdal.md) Dallas Love Field · United States · 688 mi / 1,108 km · JSX (airline)
- [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 886 mi / 1,426 km · United Express
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 1,029 mi / 1,656 km · United Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 3
- AA [American Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- [JSX](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jsx) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 141K (2025) | #1,686 of 3,974 | #379 in North America | #250 in US |
| Longest runway | 9,400 ft / 2,865 m | =1,540 of 29,858 | =326 in North America | =241 in US |
| Elevation | 7,680 ft / 2,341 m | #322 of 43,403 | #113 in North America | #73 in US |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1,803 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 135.075 |
| CNTR | DENVER CNTR | 125.350 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [ASE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kase.md) Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) · 48 mi / 77 km
- [MTJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmtj.md) Montrose Regional Airport · 52 mi / 84 km
- [TEX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktex.md) Telluride Regional Airport · 66 mi / 107 km
- [EGE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kege.md) Eagle County Regional Airport · 77 mi / 123 km
- [RIL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kril.md) Garfield County Regional Airport · 81 mi / 130 km

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #58

## 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: “Gunnison–Crested Butte Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gunnison–Crested_Butte_Regional_Airport&oldid=1365149030), 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/kguc/data