Centennial Airport KAPA / APA
One of the busiest GA airports in the US, 30 minutes south of Downtown Denver in the Denver Tech Center corridor, with CBP, a 10,000 ft runway and three FBOs including the members-style XJet terminal. High elevation reduces payload on summer afternoons; winter operations are well supported.
10,002 ft
Longest runway
30 min
Drive to Denver
3
FBOs / handlers
5,885 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24 (voluntary noise abatement)
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A, SAF (limited)
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 25 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any business jet; hot-and-high performance planning essential.
- Website
- www.centennialairport.com
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Signature Flight Support Centennial
- Modern Aviation Denver
- XJet
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 10,002 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000E 6,076 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 needs 9,800 ft
Other airports for Denver
- Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport KBJC 9,000 ft · 30 min
- Denver International Airport KDEN 16,000 ft · 40 min