KAPA — Centennial
Denver, CO · field elevation 5,885 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KAPA current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KAPA 111153Z 23007KT 10SM FEW150 SCT220 22/07 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02170072 10239 20211 55004
- Wind
- from 230° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- sct, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 22 °C / dewpoint 7 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.14 inHg
- Density altitude
- 7,793 ft · pressure altitude 5,665 ft
- Observed
- 20 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 230° at 7 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 17L | 4 kt head | 6 kt from the right |
| 17R | 4 kt head | 6 kt from the right |
| 28 | 3 kt head | 6 kt from the left |
| 10 | 3 kt tail | 6 kt from the right |
| 35R | 4 kt tail | 6 kt from the left |
| 35L | 4 kt tail | 6 kt from the left |
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 8 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KAPA 111129Z 1112/1212 23011KT P6SM SCT120 BKN220 FM111500 VRB06KT P6SM SCT100 BKN150 FM111800 03007KT P6SM SCT120 BKN200 TEMPO 1120/1124 VRB20G30KT -SHRA BKN100 FM120000 18010KT P6SM SCT100 BKN140 PROB30 1200/1203 VRB20G30KT -SHRA FM120300 23011KT P6SM SCT100 BKN140
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
- 1208Z / 0200Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- 8° (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
- 7 approaches — ILS, LD, 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.