Statistically flying is safer than driving. Regional and International Commercial Airports in Colorado Iconic peak roof of Jeppesen Terminal at D.I.A. entirely if possible and fly direct to a number of regional airports from various cities around the country. Save time and stress driving to your Rocky Mountain vacation by flying direct from Denver. All 12 regional airports with commercial flights provide year round daily flights to Denver International Airport (DEN), aka D.I.A. However only 13 of them currently offer commercial flights. The Centennial State is home to 14 commercial airports, only 1 of which flies international and the rest are regional. It makes sense there are commercial airports spread around the Rocky Mountains and the Front Range where all the tourists go. Security lines and waiting at the gate, and the actual flight itself.Colorado is a year round destination for adventure seekers, with travelers heading to all parts of the state for their thrill. The airports, an estimated wait time of 2 hours at the airport for TSA So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time fromĬolorado Springs to Gunnison including time spent getting to/from Take-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway. Now finally, let's look at an example flight from COS to GUC and figure out how long it would take to fly including With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to andįrom the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown. Give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.ĭeparture airport: Colorado Springs Airport (COS)Īrrival airport: Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC) But for now, here's an example we've selected to You'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airportsĪnd flights. Put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've Waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination. To account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport, Plane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city.īut for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a private Into account all these factors to get a more accurate estimate Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takes Include how many minutes to get to your local airport, waitįor security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the otherĪirport, and get to your destination. In that case, your travel time would really need to This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight.
Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/4th of the time it would take to drive. The straight line flight distance is 56 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.5x of the flight distance.
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Shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or Because of the curvature of the Earth, the Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in theįastest possible straight line between Colorado Springs, Colorado and