Montrose Regional Airport
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Montrose Regional Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Montrose County | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Montrose, Colorado | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,759 ft / 1,755 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°30′35.26″N 107°53′39.27″W / 38.5097944°N 107.8942417°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.co.montrose.co.us/ | ||||||||||||||
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Montrose Regional Airport (IATA: MTJ, ICAO: KMTJ, FAA LID: MTJ) is a non-towered public airport on the northwest side of Montrose, in zip code 81401 in southwestern Colorado. Its two runways are at elevation 5,759 feet (1,755 m). MTJ covers 966 acres (391 ha) of land.[1]
Monarch Airlines started flying to Montrose in the 1940s. Successor Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) flew to the present airport since the 1950s; the first jets were Frontier Boeing 737-200s in 1982 (runway 12/30 was then 8500 ft). Earlier, Frontier flew Convair 580s between Montrose and Denver.
An enhanced and expanded Montrose Regional Airport was dedicated on June 25, 1988, with Chuck Yeager cutting the ribbon. Runway 17/35 (10,000 feet in length) was built during the 1990s.
Except for United Express flights to Denver and American Eagle flights to Dallas/Fort Worth, flights operate from MTJ only during the winter.
United's service to New York's LaGuardia Airport only operates on Saturdays in the winter, due to perimeter restrictions at LGA which are only lifted on Saturdays.
Montrose Regional is the nearest airport with scheduled mainline passenger jets to ski areas around Telluride.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Allegiant Air | Seasonal: Las Vegas, Los Angeles |
| American Airlines | Dallas/Fort Worth Seasonal: Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Los Angeles, Phoenix–Sky Harbor |
| Delta Air Lines | Seasonal: Atlanta, Salt Lake City |
| United Airlines | Denver Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare, Houston–Intercontinental, Los Angeles, New York–LaGuardia, Newark, San Francisco |
Top destinations
| Rank | City | Passengers | Airlines |
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| 1 | Denver, Colorado | 48,940 | Allegiant, United |
| 2 | Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas | 27,570 | American |
| 3 | Chicago–O'Hare, Illinois | 13,110 | American, United |
| 4 | Phoenix-Sky Harbor, Arizona | 9,810 | American |
| 5 | Houston–Intercontinental, Texas | 9,570 | United |
| 6 | Atlanta, Georgia | 4,290 | Delta |
| 7 | Los Angeles, California | 4,150 | Allegiant, American, United |
| 8 | Newark, New Jersey | 2,370 | United |
| 9 | San Francisco, California | 1,610 | United |
| 10 | New York-LaGuardia, New York | 1,160 | United |
2010-2011 Terminal Project
Montrose Regional Airport remodeled and expanded the passenger terminal adding 10,935 sq. ft. by lengthening the terminal 80 feet to the south. The expansion added space for passenger check in, larger departure lounge, and space at the security checkpoint.
References
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for MTJ PDF, effective April 26, 2018.
- ^ "RITA | BTS | Transtats". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. January 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MTJ
- AirNav airport information for KMTJ
- ASN accident history for MTJ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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