Facilities and Aircraft
Pueblo Memorial Airport covers an area of 3,872 acres (1,567 ha) at an elevation of 4,729 feet (1,441 m) above mean sea level. It has three runways:
- Runway 8L/26R is 10,498 by 150 feet (3,200 x 46 m), the primary commercial service runway.
- Runway 17/35 is 8,310 by 150 feet (2,533 x 46 m), a crosswind runway.
- Runway 8R/26L is 3,767 by 75 feet (1,148 x 23 m), for use by small aircraft.
Runways 8L/26R and 17/35 are constructed of asphalt with a porous friction course overlay to improve surface drainage and increase aircraft braking action. Runway 8R/26L has a 3-4 inch asphalt overlay on 7 inches (180 mm) of Portland cement concrete.
For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2011, the airport had 182,119 aircraft operations, an average of 498 per day: 95% general aviation, 3% air taxi, <1% scheduled commercial, and 2% military. At that time there were 120 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 6% jet, and 1% glider.
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