Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional
GUC · KGUC · Gunnison, Colorado · Gunnison County · map
Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional is a public-use airport owned by the County of Gunnison, 1 mile southwest of Gunnison, Colorado, 7,680 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 9,400 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 30 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 8,717 takeoffs and landings a year. About 55,974 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional?
Its FAA code is GUC, and its ICAO code is KGUC.
Where is Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional?
It is 1 mile southwest of Gunnison, Colorado, 7,680 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 07/25, is 9,400 feet long.
Does Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Denver International, Dallas-Fort Worth International, Dallas Love Field, George Bush Intcntl/Houston, Chicago O'Hare International. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional?
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
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GUC · ICAO KGUC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Gunnison
- Elevation
- 7,680 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 9,400 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 2,981 × 150 ft | Grass and gravel, fair |
- Runway 07: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 17: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 35: threshold displaced 233 ft, 2,748 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Gunnison and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.5 | |
| Guc and aWOS-3PT | 135.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 970-641-3240.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, flight instruction, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Salida/Harriett Alexander Field (41 nm east), Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field (41 nm north), Central Colorado Regional (42 nm northeast).
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
- Rotating beacon opers SS-2230 and 0600-SR.
- High trrn all quads.
- Activate malsf runway 07; PAPI runway 07 and 25 - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 25; high-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 oper 6:00 am to 10:30 pm.
- Airport conditions unmon at night from last air carrier arrival/departure until 0530 local. See NOTAMs for most UP-TO-DATE conditions.
- PAPI unusable beyond 2.5 NM; does not provide obstruction clnc beyond 2.5 NM from threshold.
- Runway 17/35 closed 1 dec - 1 may.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -25C.
- Migratory bird act 1 jan -THRU- 1 jun.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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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 1,522 departures from GUC in those twelve months, carrying 75,566 passengers in 103,256 seats (73% filled), to 11 destinations on 4 airlines.
All 11 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 | 23 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| jets | 1 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 8,717, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 566 |
| air taxi and commuter | 763 |
| general aviation, travelling | 4,938 |
| general aviation, local | 1,990 |
| military | 460 |
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 Gunnison from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Gunnison, Colorado: 12 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners.
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
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 · 11 since 1982, 0 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 Gunnison 14 aircraft · 12 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 helicopters
- West Elk Air LLC 4 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 11 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Colorado 2,857 since 1982 · 381 in the last ten years
- Denver International (DEN) 988 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 235 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., American Airlines Inc.
- Dallas Love Field (DAL) 139 flights in twelve months · Delux Public Charters d/b/a JSX
- George Bush Intcntl/Houston (IAH) 121 flights in twelve months · Mesa Airlines Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 20 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional (GUC) 14 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Rick Husband Amarillo International (AMA) 1 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc.
- Scottsbluff/Western Nebraska Rgnl/Wm B Heilig Field (BFF) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 3 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Colorado 76 landing places
- Colorado 7,455 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GUC.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 30, 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.