Southeast Colorado Regional Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Lamar | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Lamar, Colorado | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,706 ft / 1,130 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°04′11″N 102°41′19″W / 38.06972°N 102.68861°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.ci.lamar.co.us/... | ||||||||||||||
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Southeast Colorado Regional Airport (formerly known as the Lamar Municipal Airport) (IATA: LAA, ICAO: KLAA, FAA LID: LAA) is in Prowers County, Colorado, three miles southwest of Lamar, which owns it.[1] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility.[2]
Airline flights (Central DC-3s) started about 1957; commuter airlines replaced successor Frontier in 1976-77.[citation needed]
The airport covers 557 acres (225 ha) at an elevation of 3,706 feet (1,130 m). It has two runways: 18/36 is 6,304 by 100 feet (1,921 x 30 m) concrete and 8/26 is 5,001 by 60 feet (1,524 x 18 m) asphalt.[1]
In 2010 the airport had 13,508 aircraft operations, average 37 per day: 65% general aviation, 26% air taxi, and 9% military. 33 aircraft were then based at this airport: 73% single-engine, 24% multi-engine, and 3% jet.[1]