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Business aviation in Colorado

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
47

Based business aircraft available for charter:
242

Business air charter brokers:
14

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Fairchild Swearingen Metro/Merlin	26
2	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	22
3	Pilatus PC-12	21
4	Bell 407	14
5	Learjet 60	13
6	Beechcraft King Air 200	11
7	Hawker 750/800/900	9
8	Nextant 400XT	7
9	Airbus Helicopters H135	7
10	Airbus Helicopters H130	7
11	Citation 560XL	6
12	Airbus Helicopters H145	6
13	Learjet 35/36	5
14	Bell 429	5
15	Challenger 300	4
16	Bell 204/205	4
17	Beechcraft 1900	4
18	MDH 500	4
19	Citation X	3
20	Embraer Phenom 300	3
21	Citation 560	3
22	Viking DHC-6	3
23	Embraer ERJ-135	3
24	Gulfstream G650	3
25	Fairchild Dornier Envoy 3	3
26	Falcon 7X	3
27	Learjet 45	3
28	Learjet 55	3
29	Beechcraft King Air 90	3
30	Cessna Citation CJ3	2
31	Embraer Legacy 600/650	2
32	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	2
33	Gulfstream GIV	2
34	Gulfstream G500/G600	2
35	Eurocopter AS355	2
36	Cessna 400 series	2
37	Gulfstream G400/G450	1
38	Beechcraft King Air 300	1
39	Beechcraft King Air 100	1
40	Bell 206B JetRanger	1
41	HondaJet	1
42	Beechcraft Premier	1
43	Bell 206L LongRanger	1
44	Cirrus Vision	1
45	Falcon 2000 EASy	1
46	Gulfstream G280	1
47	Cessna 441	1
48	Embraer EMB 120	1
49	Citation Mustang	1
50	Challenger 605	1
51	Citation Sovereign	1
52	Cessna Citation CJ2	1
53	Cessna 300 series	1
54	Enstrom 480	1
55	Falcon 900	1
56	MDH 902 Explorer	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Denver (Centennial)	45 business aviation companies active
2	Denver (Rocky Mountain Metropolitan)	18
3	Aspen (Sardy Field)	12
4	Colorado Springs Municipal	11
5	Fort Collins-Loveland (Northern Colorado Regional)	10
6	Denver (Colorado Air and Space Port)	8
7	Eagle County Regional	8
8	Denver International	6
9	Rifle (Garfield County)	5
10	Greeley (Weld County)	5
11	Grand Junction Regional	5
12	Erie Municipal	4
13	Cortez Municipal	4
14	Boulder Municipal	4
15	Montrose Regional	4
16	Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Field	3
17	Pueblo Memorial	3
18	Pagosa Springs (Stevens Field)	3
19	Craig-Moffat	3
20	Colorado Springs (Meadow Lake)	3
21	Telluride Regional	3
22	Trinidad (Perry Stokes)	2
23	Sterling Municipal	2
24	Monte Vista Municipal	2
25	Leadville (Lake County)	2
26	Longmont (Vance Brand)	2
27	La Junta Municipal	2
28	Lamar (Southeast Colorado Regional)	2
29	Burlington (Kit Carson County)	2
30	Holyoke	2
31	Granby Grand County	2
32	Fort Morgan Municipal	2
33	Meeker	2
34	Delta (Westwinds)	2
35	Creede (Mineral County Memorial)	2
36	Westcliffe (Silver West)	2
37	Salida (Harriet Alexander Field)	2
38	Alamosa (San Luis Valley Regional Bergman Field)	2
39	Akron (Colorado Plains Regional)	2
40	Delta (Blake Field)	2
41	Buena Vista (Central Colorado Regional)	2
42	Ellicott (Colorado Springs East)	2
43	Del Norte (Astronaut Kent Rominger)	2
44	Paonia (North Fork Valley)	2
45	Walsenburg (Spanish Peaks Airfield)	2
46	Rangely	2
47	Yuma Municipal	2
48	Wray Municipal	2
49	Kremmling (Mc Elroy Airfield)	2
50	Center (Leach)	2
51	Cañon City (Fremont County)	2
52	Durango (Animas Air Park)	2
53	Durango-La Plata County	2
54	Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional	2
55	Hayden (Yampa Valley)	2
56	Fort Collins (Century Helicopters)	1
57	Lakewood (St Anthony's Hospital Heliport)	1
58	Larkspur (Perry Park)	1
59	Springfield Municipal	1
60	Walden Jackson County	1
61	Cuchara Valley at La Veta	1
62	Limon Municipal	0
63	Glenwood Springs Municipal	0
64	Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field	0
65	Aurora Buckley Air Force Base	0
66	Nucla (Hopkins Field)	0
67	Colorado Springs USAF Academy Airfield	0
68	Eads Municipal	0
69	Crawford	0
70	City of Las Animas Bent County	0
71	Julesburg Municipal	0
72	Brush Municipal	0
73	Hudson Platte Valley Airpark	0
74	Haxtun Municipal	0
75	Greeley Easton/Valley View	0
76	Holly	0

Business aviation suppliers in Colorado

Maintenance 15 • Completions 5 • Training 3

West Star develop STCs for Gogo Galileo

West Star’s specific Embraer models are the Legacy 450, 500, 600 and 650 along with the Praetor 500 and 600. The first STC for FAA certification should complete in early 2025, with foreign STC validation to follow.

November 18, 2024 Full report

Wheels Up takes on GrandView Aviation assets

Wheels Up has closed its new $332 million revolving equipment notes facility with Bank of America and completed the acquisition of GrandView Aviation's fleet of 17 Embraer Phenom 300 and Phenom 300E aircraft.

November 18, 2024 Full report

NATA CEO Curt Castagna (L) presents Andy Priester (centre) with award for Distinguished Service.

NATA honours Andy Priester for distinguished service

Andy Priester, chairman of George J Priester Aviation, received the NATA Distinguished Service Award at the 2024 Aviation Business Conference for his lifelong commitment to the future of general aviation.

November 17, 2024 Full report

Global Medical Response has placed an order for 28 Airbus helicopters.

Global Medical Response orders 28 from Airbus and 15 Bells

The air medical service provider is expecting six H125s, five H130s, 14 H135s, three H145s and 15 Bell 407GXis to meet requirements for fleet expansion, and retains options for 32 more over the next three years.

November 6, 2024 Full report

Gogo HDX is capable of peak speeds approaching 60Mbps.

Gogo Galileo HDX antenna passes qualification testing

DO-160 testing ensures the Galileo HDX antenna is safe for use in flight conditions such as temperature volatility, intense vibration, radio wave penetration, lightning strike, moisture penetration and aerodynamics.

November 6, 2024 Full report