KCYS is the ICAO code for Cheyenne Regional Jerry Olson Field (IATA CYS), located in Cheyenne, WY.
Cheyenne Regional Jerry Olson Field (KCYS) is a medium airport in Cheyenne, WY. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KCYS or IATA code CYS. It sits in North America.
Cheyenne Regional Jerry Olson Field is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.
The longest runway measures 9,270 ft (2,825 m), a ultra-long-range-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G650, Bombardier Global 7500, and Dassault Falcon 8X. In practice this transcontinental and transoceanic operations without performance penalties.
Cheyenne Regional Jerry Olson Field sits at 6,159 ft above sea level. Hot-and-high conditions can meaningfully reduce takeoff performance in summer — planners should factor density altitude into payload and fuel decisions.
Local operations run on America/Denver. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.
SkyAccess currently tracks 25 departing and 37 arriving private-jet legs at KCYS across the next six months of operator inventory. 2 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KCYS are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.