KAPA — Centennial
Denver, CO · field elevation 5,885 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KAPA current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KAPA 100153Z 19005KT 10SM CLR 11/M03 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP223 T01061033
- Wind
- from 190° at 5 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 11 °C / dewpoint -3 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.22 inHg
- Density altitude
- 6,376 ft · pressure altitude 5,585 ft
- Observed
- 46 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 190° at 5 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 17L | 5 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 17R | 5 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 10 | 1 kt head | 5 kt from the right |
| 28 | 1 kt tail | 5 kt from the left |
| 35R | 5 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
| 35L | 5 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
8 within 20 nm, closest on the field. Last image 3 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Pilot reports
4 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 6,700–26,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KAPA 092333Z 1000/1024 15009KT P6SM FEW220 FM100200 18007KT P6SM SCT220 FM101200 VRB06KT P6SM SCT220 FM101900 02007KT P6SM SCT220
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 39.57012, -104.84929
- Elevation
- 5,885 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1338Z / 2348Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- 8°E (2015)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A,UL94
- Sectional
- Denver
- County
- Arapahoe, CO
Airport diagram
Everything else KAPA publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17L/35R | 10,001 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
| 17R/35L | 7,001 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
| 10/28 | 4,800 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
| H1 | 50 | 50 | CONC | PERI |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 120.3
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 118.9
- Ground
- 121.8
- Clearance
- 128.6
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 132.75
Published procedures
- 6 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS), RNAV (RNP)
- 9 departures published
- 11 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KBKF Buckley Space Force Base9 nm
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- KBJC Rocky Mountain Metro24 nm
- KEIK Erie Muni28 nm
- KBDU Boulder Muni33 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KAPA airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Colorado airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.