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, 06/24, is 9,400 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KGUC · observed 12:56 pm MDT (18:56 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 65°F (18°C), dew point 37°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 30.37 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:20 am MDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 10,000 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 5:00 pm MDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 10,000 feet, a broken layer at 25,000 feet VFR
- 30% chance between Tue 5:00 pm MDT (23:00 UTC) and 10:00 pm MDT (04:00 UTC): visibility 4 miles, light rain showers, a broken layer at 7,000 feet MVFR
- From Wed 12:00 am MDT (06:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGUC 061856Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/03 A3037 RMK AO2 SLP221 T01830028 $
TAF KGUC 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB04KT P6SM FEW100 SCT250 FM062300 30008KT P6SM SCT100 BKN250 PROB30 0623/0704 4SM -SHRA BKN070 FM070600 VRB02KT P6SM FEW250
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1947
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 9,400 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 2,981 × 150 ft | Grass and gravel, fair |
- Runway 06: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 24: 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.
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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Colorado.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Rotating beacon opers SS-2230 and 0600-SR.
- High trrn all quads.
- Activate malsf runway 06; PAPI runway 06 and 24 - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 24; high-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 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.
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.