Cortez Municipal
CEZ · KCEZ · Cortez, Colorado · Montezuma County · map
Cortez Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Cortez, 3 miles southwest of Cortez, Colorado, 5,918 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 7,205 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 43 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 9,834 takeoffs and landings a year. About 8,820 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KCEZ · observed 3:53 pm MDT (21:53 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (270°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 35°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 30.20 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCEZ 062153Z AUTO 27007KT 10SM CLR 26/02 A3020 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NE SLP162 T02610017
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CEZ · ICAO KCEZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Cortez
- Elevation
- 5,918 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 7,205 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 59 ft high 2,000 ft from the end
- Runway 21: VASI, four boxes on the left, road 16 ft high 680 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Cortez and center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.575 | |
| Cez and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.625 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 970-564-0193.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 9,834, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Cortez from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Cortez, Colorado: 22 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Colorado.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 14 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Prior permission required for unscheduled air carrier operations with more than 30 passenger seats - amgr.
- Aircraft gtr than 20000 pounds dual wheel rstrd to taxiway connector A2; back taxi on runway to and from taxiway connector A2 to apron.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 03 and 21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 03 and VASI runway 21 on continuously.
- 133 feet pole on centerline.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.