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KDRO Durango-La Plata County Airport
Durango, Colorado, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: DRO
Lat/Long: 37-09-05.4600N / 107-45-13.5690W
37-09.091000N / 107-45.226150W
37.1515167 / -107.7537692
(estimated)
Elevation: 6685 ft. / 2037.6 m (surveyed)
Variation: 12E (1995)
From city: 10 miles SE of DURANGO, CO
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -7 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 81301

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 11/1946
Sectional chart: DENVER
Control tower: no
ARTCC: DENVER CENTER
FSS: DENVER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: DRO (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: NOV-MAR SUN-FRI 0600-2200, NOV-MAR SAT 0600-2100, APR-OCT 0600-2200
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTIVATE HIRL 02/20; VASI RWY 02 & 20; REIL RWY 20 & MALSR RWY 02 - 122.8.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Fire and rescue: ARFF index B
Airline operations: PPR FOR UNSKED ACR OPNS WITH MORE THAN 30 PSGR SEATS CALL AMGR 970-247-8143.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX ASOS: 120.625 (970-259-3579)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY DENVER ARTCC ON FREQS 118.575/348.7 (DURANGO RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
DRO at fieldDURANGO VOR/DME108.2014E
RSKr020/29.3RATTLESNAKE VORTAC115.3014E

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: LOW

Runway Information

Runway 2/20

Dimensions: 9201 x 150 ft. / 2804 x 46 m
Surface: asphalt/grooved, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 95.0
Double wheel: 150.0
Double tandem: 210.0
Runway edge lights: high intensity
RUNWAY 2  RUNWAY 20
Latitude: 37-08.488800N37-09.693150N
Longitude: 107-45.800800W107-44.651350W
Elevation: 6615.5 ft.6685.2 ft.
Gradient: 0.8%0.8%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 025 magnetic, 037 true205 magnetic, 217 true
Markings: precision, in good conditionprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Approach lights: MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
Runway end identifier lights: yes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Instrument approach: ILS

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: DURANGO CITY LA PLATA CO
1000 AIRPORT ROAD BOX 1
DURANGO, CO 81303
Phone 970-382-6069
Manager: RON DENT
1000 AIRPORT ROAD BOX 1
DURANGO, CO 81303
Phone 970-382-6069

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 73
Single engine airplanes: 63
Multi engine airplanes: 9
Helicopters: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 127/day *
45% local general aviation
28% transient general aviation
19% commercial
7% air taxi
1% military
* for 12-month period ending 31 July 2007

Additional Remarks

NO SNOW REMOVAL PRVDD AT NGT BETWEEN LAST SCHEDULED ACR FLIGHT UNTIL THE FIRST ACR FLIGHT THE FOLLOWING MORNING.
FOR AFTER HRS SVS CALL 970-259-7400 OR 970-749-6186.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 5 June 2008 at 0901Z and 3 July 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 02   download (319KB)
GPS RWY 02 **CHANGED**   download (193KB)
VOR/DME RWY 02   download (224KB)
VOR OR GPS-A   download (173KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply   download (16KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply **CHANGED**   download (46KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KFMN - Four Corners Regional Airport (34 nm SW)
KPSO - Stevens Field Airport (34 nm E)
KCEZ - Cortez Municipal Airport (43 nm W)
KTEX - Telluride Regional Airport (49 nm N)
KAIB - Hopkins Field Airport (76 nm NW)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 06-Jul-2008
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:2811:28
Sunrise05:5911:59
Sunset20:3302:33
Evening civil twilight21:0403:04

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  06-Jul-2008 07:33:32
Local (UTC-6)  06-Jul-2008 01:33:32
 
METAR
KDRO 060653Z AUTO 34005KT 10SM CLR 18/07 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP107 T01780072 403220150
TAF
KFMN 
33nm SW 
060538Z 060606 VRB06KT P6SM SCT120 BKN200 FM1000 09008KT P6SM FEW150 SCT200 FM1900 26010KT P6SM FEW100 SCT200 FM2100 26010G20KT P6SM VCTS SCT100CB SCT150 FM0400 VRB06KT P6SM SCT120 BKN200
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Durango Jet Center 970-259-7400
520-746-1411
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Aviation fuel, Oxygen service, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Hangars, Passenger terminal and lounge, Aircraft charters, Aircraft maintenance, Aircraft interiors, ...
 
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Durango-La Plata County Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Durango-La Plata County Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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AirNav users who flew into KDRO have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
BEST WESTERN DURANGO INN SUITE 11.5 71-139
RAMADA LIMITED DURANGO 12.0 56-93
JARVIS SUITE HOTEL 11.0 80-139
DOUBLETREE HOTEL DURANGO 10.9 89-164
ECONO LODGE DURANGO 11.4 60-61
 

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

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