# Telluride Regional Airport (TEX / KTEX)

**Telluride Regional Airport** (IATA: TEX, ICAO: KTEX) is a medium airport in Telluride, Colorado, United States. It opened in Mar 1986. It has one runway, 7,111 ft (2,167 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 21 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TEX / KTEX
- FAA: TEX
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Telluride, Colorado, United States
- Opened: Mar 1986
- Elevation: 9,070 ft / 2,764 m
- Coordinates: 37.9538, -107.9080
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 7,111 ft / 2,167 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 20,642 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://tellurideairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telluride_Regional_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7697672
- Weather station: KTEX
- Ident: KTEX

## Timeline

- Mar 1986: Telluride Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 7,111 ft / 2,167 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 105° / 285° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/06920AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | 11,329 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 13,689 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 23,655 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 21,658 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 21,129 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 20,642 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 218 mi / 351 km · Denver Air Connection
- [PHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphx.md) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · United States · 388 mi / 624 km · Denver Air Connection

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [Denver Air Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/denver-air-connection) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 21K (2025) | #2,422 of 3,974 | #568 in North America | #393 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,111 ft / 2,167 m | #3,388 of 29,858 | #768 in North America | #576 in US |
| Elevation | 9,070 ft / 2,764 m | #133 of 43,403 | #12 in North America | #10 in US |
| Age | Opened 1986 | =9,000 of 15,079 | =6,833 in North America | =6,722 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | DENVER CNTR | 125.350 |
| FSS | DENVER RDO | 122.150 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [MTJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmtj.md) Montrose Regional Airport · 38 mi / 62 km
- [DRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdro.md) Durango La Plata County Airport · 56 mi / 90 km
- [CEZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcez.md) Cortez Municipal Airport · 60 mi / 96 km
- [GUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kguc.md) Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport · 66 mi / 107 km
- [FMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfmn.md) Four Corners Regional Airport · 86 mi / 138 km
- [GJT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgjt.md) Grand Junction Regional Airport · 88 mi / 141 km

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #35

## 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: “Telluride Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telluride_Regional_Airport&oldid=1363082427), revision of 7 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/ktex/data