Telluride Regional Airport (KTEX/TEX)

Telluride Regional Airport (KTEX) sits in Telluride, Colorado, on a mesa above the box canyon. The single 7,111 ft runway is typically long enough for most heavy and super-midsize jets. Heavy iron is gross-weight limited + the surrounding 13,000-ft+ peaks restrict approach windows — KTEX is one of the most challenging US mountain airports. Field elevation 9,078 ft, with extreme year-round density-altitude considerations + structural daytime VFR-favorable operations. KTEX is the structural Telluride / Mountain Village luxury ski-resort gateway. Heavy December-March + summer (Telluride Bluegrass, Film Festival) charter peaks. Ground time to Mountain Village gondola is 10 minutes; downtown Telluride is 15.

Telluride Regional Airport is a public airport six miles west of Telluride, in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. It is owned by the Telluride Regional Airport Authority. At an elevation of 9,078 feet above sea level, it was the highest commercial airport in North America with scheduled passenger flights when Great Lakes Airlines resumed scheduled passenger service in December 2016; however, those flights ceased in March 2018. In August 2018, commercial service returned with the introduction of Boutique Air, and the airport remains the highest airfield in the U.S. with scheduled passenger flights, and the second highest overall airfield in the US behind Leadville Airport. Denver Air Connection is currently the only airline flying scheduled passenger flights from Telluride with daily nonstop flights to Denver and Phoenix. Denver Air operates the Fairchild Dornier 328JET into Telluride. The 328JET is one of the few regional jet airliners in service capable of operating at such high field elevations as TEX.