Colorado Springs Airport (IATA: COS) also known as City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, is a city-owned public civil-military that serves 1.7 million passengers each year. The airport is located 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Colorado Springs, in El Paso County, Colorado.
The airport opened in 1927 and serves cities within the United States. The airport has an area of 7,200 acres and owns three runways.
The airport is the second busiest commercial service airport in the state. Peterson Air Force Base is placed on the north side of runway 13/31 and rents the land from the airport.
Colorado Springs currently uses 8 airline carriers that serve non-stop flights to over 15 U.S. cities (Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Denver. Minneapolis - Saint Paul, Chicago, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Atlanta, Orlando and Washington DC.).
Colorado Springs Airport offers facilities and services to provide comfort and ease for its travellers. In total, the airport has 18 gates as well as shops, restaurants, cafes and bars at the airport terminal.
Colorado Springs Airport currently has three runways:
The main terminal consists of concourses, the larger concourse hosts gates numbering from 1 to 12 and are currently being used for commercial use. The second concourse which is known as called the Western Pacific Airlines concourse has numbering from 14 to18, there is no gate 13, however, and is now mainly used for meetings.
The airport's main terminal has been under renovation since September 2011, this consists of the reconstruction of the TSA checkpoint to support full-body scanners, new facilities for automated baggage screening, and expansion of office space behind the ticket counters.
Below is a list of all of the airlines flying to and from Colorado Springs Airport:
There are a number of taxi companies that offer taxicab services at Colorado Springs Airport. If you need a taxi, simply follow the signs leading to the ground transportation area. It takes only 20 minutes to the Colorado Springs City centre by taxi. There are drop-off and pick-up areas at the terminals and short and long-stay multi-storey car parks you can use to park your car at a cost.
There are shuttle services available to and from the airport, whether you need to get to the city or your ski resort.
You can hire from a selection of cars from car hire companies. Colorado Springs Airport has onsite car rental desks which are located in the baggage claim area. Many companies offer these services such as Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz and National.
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