Centennial Airport

Centennial Airport
IATA: APA – ICAO: KAPA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority
Location		Dove Valley, Colorado
Elevation AMSL		5,883 ft / 1,793 m
Coordinates		39°34′12″N 104°50′57″W
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) is located in Dove Valley, an unincorporated portion of Arapahoe County near Denver, Colorado. The airport’s runways also extend into neighboring Douglas County. The airport opened on May 12, 1967 as Arapahoe County Airport, and was renamed on July 13, 1984. The name reflects Colorado’s admission to the Union as the 38th state in 1876, the centennial year of the United States Declaration of Independence.

In 1985, a new control tower was built. It is an international airport with continuous U.S. Customs services and ranks as one of the busiest general aviation airports in the United States in terms of take offs and landings, with average of 874 operations per day. It is continuously served by a 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 Category I Instrument Approach.

Airport diagram, as of February 2008

See also

• List of airports in the Denver area

External links

• Centennial Airport (official site)
• FAA Airport Master Record for APA (Form 5010 PDF)
• Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT): Centennial Airport
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective 9 Feb 2012
• 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, Terminal Procedures