Telluride Regional
TEX · KTEX · Telluride, Colorado · San Miguel County · map
Telluride Regional is a public-use airport, 5 miles west of Telluride, Colorado, 9,070 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 7,111 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KTEX · observed 2:15 pm MDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (270°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 9,500 feet, a broken layer at 11,000 feet
- Temperature 63°F (17°C), dew point 36°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 30.42 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 2:04 pm MDT (20:04 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm MDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the west at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 1,000 feet, a broken layer at 20,000 feet VFR
- 30% chance between Tue 2:00 pm MDT (20:00 UTC) and 6:00 pm MDT (00:00 UTC): visibility 4 miles, light rain showers, a broken layer at 7,000 feet MVFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm MDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 10,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KTEX 062015Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM BKN095 BKN110 17/02 A3042 RMK AO2
TAF KTEX 062004Z 0620/0718 27008KT P6SM SCT010 BKN200 PROB30 0620/0624 4SM -SHRA BKN070 FM070200 14004KT P6SM SCT100
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 TEX · ICAO KTEX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 9,070 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,414 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- April to October, every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm; November to March, every day, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1986
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 7,111 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: LDA with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 200 ft, 6,911 ft available for landing
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 200 ft, 6,911 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Tex and aWOS-3 | 118.325 | |
| Abajo Peak Center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 970-728-1534.
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 Telluride from the FAA register
35 aircraft are registered to owners in Telluride, Colorado: 25 piston singles, 7 turboprops, 2 gliders, 1 piston twin. 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 · 35 since 1982, 6 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
- Provided obstructions free 20:1 approach surfaces are maintained.
- Restricted to far 139 design groups AI - ciii.
- Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 09/27; PAPI runways 09 and 27; runway end identifier lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency. Als emergency use only 9:00 pm to 6:00 am.
- Airport closed 9:00 pm to 6:00 am (local).
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 292 feet in length by 122 feet in width located at the der 09.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 292 feet in length by 122 feet in width located at the der 27.
- Runway 09/27 recommended takeoff runway 27; land runway 09 and avoid populated areas. Runway 09/27 grade -.08 on runway ends, -1.3 to approx midpoint then +.75.
- RWY27 PAPI lights unusable beyond 2.5 NM due to trrn.
- Glider; hang glider and helicopter operations on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Rising terrain all quadrants.
- Airport on 1000 feet mesa; strong vertical turbulence in area of mesa edge.
- Tex runway 27 PAPI beyond 2.5NM unusable
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.