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 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 5 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. 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.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Cortez Municipal?
Its FAA code is CEZ, and its ICAO code is KCEZ.
Where is Cortez Municipal?
It is 3 miles southwest of Cortez, Colorado, 5,918 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Cortez Municipal?
Its one runway, 03/21, is 7,205 feet long, asphalt.
Does Cortez Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Cortez Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Cortez Municipal?
Airline flights go to 2 airports, the busiest of them Denver International, Phoenix Sky Harbor International. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Cortez Municipal?
2 pilot examiners and 2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Cortez Municipal…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Four Corners Regional (39 nm southeast), Durango-La Plata County (43 nm east), Blanding Municipal (44 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Colorado · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1,184 departures from CEZ in those twelve months, carrying 6,985 passengers in 10,654 seats (66% filled), to 2 destinations on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cortez Municipal → Denver International CEZ–DEN | 726 | 4,109 | Key Lime Air Corp dba... |
| Cortez Municipal → Phoenix Sky Harbor International CEZ–PHX | 458 | 2,876 | Key Lime Air Corp dba... |
All 2 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 38 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 3 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 9,834, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,304 |
| general aviation, travelling | 5,500 |
| general aviation, local | 3,000 |
| military | 30 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Cortez from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Cortez, Colorado: 23 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Colorado.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Cortez:
- Cortez Flying Service, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate Cortez Flying Service is an FBO located at Cortez Municipal Airport (KCEZ) in Cortez, Colorado, operating since 1953.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 2 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner.
- Robert Lee Chavez private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Farmington, NM (39 nm) · (505) 320-1027 · [email protected]
- Forrest Crawford private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Colorado Highland Helicopters · Durango, CO (43 nm) · (765) 401-0777 · [email protected]
All 6 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Cortez 26 aircraft · 23 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- Tanner Flying Service INC 5 aircraft in town
- Cortez Flying Service INC 3 aircraft in town
- Cortez Flying Service, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Denver International (DEN) 726 flights in twelve months · Key Lime Air Corp dba Denver Air Connection
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 458 flights in twelve months · Key Lime Air Corp dba Denver Air Connection
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 14 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Colorado 2,857 since 1982 · 381 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Colorado 76 landing places
- Colorado 7,453 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CEZ.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.