Montrose Regional Airport
With direct air service from major U.S. cities year-round, Montrose Regional Airport makes it easy to reach Montrose from virtually anywhere in the world. In summer, book non-stop flights from Denver, Phoenix, Dallas, Chicago, and Houston. Your options expand during ski season with direct flights from Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, and San Francisco running throughout the winter. Check out special flight deals offered through the Colorado Flights Alliance.
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Montrose County has invested in the future of our community with an exciting and much-needed $35 million dollar airport terminal expansion. The project doubled the size of the terminal by adding over 25,000 square feet of new construction and renovating over 8,000 square feet of existing space.
The two-story terminal addition will offer a new concourse level including hold rooms and gates and, ultimately, jet bridges for easier passenger access. Access to the hold rooms will be improved by new freight-sized elevators for ADA compliance and two escalators for easier passenger circulation. There will also be a bar venue, indoor fireplace, and powered workstations in the second-story hold areas for a productive and relaxing wait time for passengers. The new addition includes two new bag slides to accommodate multiple baggage operations simultaneously.
The south addition will greatly reduce passenger wait times with eight new ticket counters and self-check-in kiosks. Landside concessions will be added as part of the 8,000-square-foot renovation featuring powered workstations, a bar venue, and enhanced lighting for a superior customer experience. The expansion project also includes over 570 additional paved parking spaces.
This expansion is not only necessary—it’s overdue. From 2015-2018, Montrose Regional Airport was the fastest-growing airport for commercial airline passenger activity according to the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Division of Aeronautics Annual Report. Further bolstered by the addition of Southwest Airlines in late 2020, Montrose Regional Airport’s traveler activity has been steadily increasing over the past decade and set new passenger records in 2021. Nearly 400,000 individuals accessed Montrose Regional Airport in 2021—a combination of both the enplanements and deplanements.
This impressive rise in airport activity bodes well for the airport as well as the entire local and regional economies. Regional travel has increased, which is one of the major factors driving increased flights. Additionally, Montrose Regional Airport is the only Western Slope airport with both Delta and Southwest airlines. Bringing Southwest to Montrose Regional has opened new doors for both visitors and locals alike, with incredibly affordable Denver flights that streamline business travel. Expanded flight service has been developed in partnership with Colorado Flights Alliance, an organization that supports economic sustainability and vitality on Colorado’s Western Slope through air service development and corresponding programs.
The completion of the expansion project expands Montrose Regional Airport’s potential for adding even more carriers and flights and increasing accessibility and affordability for Western Slope passengers. To view the terminal expansion renditions and stay up-to-date on the construction project, please visit flymontrose.com/construction.
TRIBUTE TO AVIATION
Montrose Regional Airport regularly hosts the Tribute to Aviation, a mid-September event that features a weekend-long static aircraft display of military stars such as the B-52, Osprey, and more. The event also showcases general aviation and vintage aircraft. This unique educational opportunity puts the public up close and personal with these amazing aircraft and the pilots and crew members that fly them. Each year the aircraft in attendance vary, so make sure to check out tributetoaviation.com for more information.
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Fixed Base Operator (FBO)
Atlantic Aviation manages the fixed-base operations for general aviation at the Montrose Regional Airport.
For more information, call 970-249-7111 or visit their website.