Colorado Springs East Airport
CO4 · Ellicott, Colorado · El Paso County · map
Colorado Springs East Airport is a public-use airport owned by Springs East Airport INC, 3 miles northwest of Ellicott, Colorado, 6,145 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 17L/35R, is 4,500 feet of gravel and dirt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CO4
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Springs East Airport INC
- Elevation
- 6,145 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1976
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17L/35R | 4,500 × 40 ft | Gravel and dirt, fair | |
| 17R/35L | 4,500 × 42 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 3,440 × 60 ft | Gravel and dirt, poor |
- Runway 17L: berm 2 ft high 9 ft from the end
- Runway 17R: fence 6 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 35L: right-hand traffic pattern, road 11 ft high 270 ft from the end
- Runway 08: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 26: road 12 ft high 234 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Ellicott from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Ellicott, CO as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 0 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
- Commercial aircraft fee - amgr.
- Non-standard marked with white rocks.
- Non-standard wind tee made from barrels.
- Appt only.
- 2 in bump at runway 17R/35L intersection.
- Closed to helicopter.
- 5 feet light pole R side of runway 35L 115 feet from threshold btw threshold and PAPI; +35 feet pwr line 1500 feet from threshold both sides; +4 feet fence 125 feet from centerline north of runway and west of runway 17R/35L intersection.
- +5 feet berm 50 feet and 150 feet from threshold both sides.
- +4 feet fence 100 feet R of runway first 2500 feet; +4 feet fence 375 feet from runway end both sides; -2 feet trrn 280 feet from runway end both sides.
- +4 feet fence 260 feet from threshold both sides; +15 feet building 130 feet L of threshold; +15FT road 240 feet from threshold both sides.
- +4 feet fence 260 feet from threshold both sides; +15 feet road 250 feet from threshold both sides. 5 feet feet light pole R side btw threshold and PAPI 115 feet from threshold.
- +4 feet concrete box 100 feet from threshold 50 feet R of 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.