AirportsGunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Gunnison, in Colorado, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is GUC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- GUC
- ICAO code
- KGUC
- City
- Gunnison
- State or region
- Colorado
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 38.5347° N, 106.9346° W
- Elevation
- 2,341 m (7,680 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,865 m (9,400 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, GUC means Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KGUC. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 38.5347° N, 106.9346° W. It stands 2,341 metres (7,680 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off. The nearest large city in our data is Colorado Springs, about 186 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Denver, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,865 metres (9,400 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 147.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/25 | 2,865 m 9,400 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 17/35 | 909 m 2,981 ft | 46 m | Gravel | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)Aspen | ASE | 77 km |
| Montrose Regional AirportMontrose | MTJ | 84 km |
| Telluride Regional AirportTelluride | TEX | 107 km |
| Eagle County Regional AirportEagle | EGE | 123 km |
| Grand Junction Regional AirportGrand Junction | GJT | 153 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,543 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,608 km | 16 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,687 km | 15 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,735 km | 9 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,834 km | 3 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,148 km | 1 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 14,567 km | 18 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,301 km | 11 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,209 km | 16 h 25 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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