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| IATA: APA – ICAO: KAPA | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority | ||
| Location | Centennial, Colorado | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,883 ft / 1,793 m | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17L/35R | 10,002 | 3,049 | Asphalt |
| 17R/35L | 7,004 | 2,135 | Asphalt |
| 10/28 | 4,800 | 1,463 | Asphalt |
Centennial Airport (IATA: APA, ICAO: KAPA) lies within Arapahoe and Douglas counties and adjacent to Centennial, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. The airport, opened on May 12, 1967 as Arapahoe County Airport and renamed to its current name July 13, 1984, is not named after the city, having predated it by 17 years. In 1985 a new control tower was built. It is an international airport with 24/7 US Customs services and ranks as the second busiest general aviation airport in the United States in terms of take offs and landings, after Van Nuys Airport, with average of 874 operations per day.1 It is served by a 24/7 Federal Aviation Administration control tower and associated air traffic control services, as well as U.S. customs. It has three runways - 17/35 Left and Right, and 10/28. Runway 35R has a Cat I Instrument Approach. A number of flight schools, flying clubs, air charter services, aircraft sales services and aircraft maintenance services are based at Centennial Airport.citation needed
Five fixed base operators (FBOs) have operations at Centennial Airport; Denver jetCenter, TAC Air, Signature Flight Support, XJet, and the HeliPlex, which caters to helicopters only.citation needed
References
- Centennial Airport (official site)
- FAA Airport Master Record for APA (Form 5010 PDF)
External links
- Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT): Centennial Airport
- FAA Airport Diagram(PDF), effective 20 November 2008
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KAPA
- ASN accident history for APA
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KAPA
Wikipedia content modification information:
- This page was last modified on 4 November 2008, at 21:12.
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