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Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport

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On February 7, 2012, the Federal Aviation Administration dedicated a new $ 23.7 million, state-of-the-art airport traffic control tower, located south of the airport runways. The new facility includes a 124-foot-tall control tower topped by a 525-square-foot tower cab with four air traffic controller
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twin-engine plane operated by Bluebird Aviation went down outside of Boulder, Colorado. The pilot and the three victims departed from Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport on a sightseeing trip to the mountains around Boulder, Colorado. Killed in the crash was the pilot, who was not immediately
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There exists a vacant tract of airport-owned land just southwest of the runways. As of 2015, there is a 30-year master plan by a development company to redevelop the area, known as Verve Innovation Park, for various aviation- and non-aviation-related uses.
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The airport's three runways, previously 11L/29R, 11R/29L, and 2/20, were renumbered in November 2014 in order to align them with magnetic directions. At the same time, the primary runway (12L/30R) underwent an $ 8.83 million renovation.
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identified by authorities, 48-year-old Sandra Kirby of Louisiana, and her two children, 17-year-old Ian Kirby, and 13-year-old Amanda Kirby. The cause of the Colorado crash is under investigation.
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On September 18, 2022, a Cessna 172 that took off from this airport with two people on a training flight, collided in Boulder County with a Sonex aircraft that had taken off from the
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broke ground on a new 188,000 sq. ft. North American completion center for the new PC-24 business jet. The facility became fully operational in June 2018.
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positions and one supervisor position. A 6,000-square-foot, single-story base building houses administrative offices, training rooms, and equipment rooms.
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with only one person on board, its pilot. Both airplanes crashed and were destroyed on impact, killing all three people on board them.
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opened its second Denver, Colorado training center at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport. The other training facility is located at
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located at the East Ramp area. Construction for the permanent building and hangar was expected to commence in the spring of 2019.
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For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 262,348 aircraft operations, an average of 718 per day: 95%
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officially launched operations out of their newly constructed hangar located on the southwest corner of the airfield.
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of Denver, and is the closest airport to downtown Denver. The airport covers 1,700 acres (688 ha) and has three
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also maintains its Jefferson County Tanker Base at the airport. On July 13, 2016,
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In the spring of 2018, the airport signed a lease agreement with a second FBO,
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on 118.6 (local) and 121.7 (ground) that is open from 0600 to 2200 local time.
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performing at an air show crashed killing the pilot. No spectators were hurt.
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before consolidating their operations for the Denver–Grand Junction route to
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Transportation buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Colorado
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population including a fair amount of corporate traffic and several
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Exciting Changes to our Grand Junction route coming in May, 2017
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Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport covers an area of 1,700
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before the company ceased all flights in early 2013.
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Development & Economic Impact: About Development
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F-16 taxiing at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport
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A picture of the front of the terminal building. A sign above the door reads, "Rocky Mountain Metro."
IATA
ICAO
FAA
LID
Denver, Colorado
Jefferson County, Colorado
AMSL
Coordinates
39°54′32″N 105°07′02″W / 39.90889°N 105.11722°W / 39.90889; -105.11722
https://www.jeffco.us/airport
FAA airport diagram
BJC is located in Colorado
BJC is located in the United States
Runways
Direction
Federal Aviation Administration
IATA
ICAO
FAA
LID
airport
Broomfield, Colorado
Jefferson County
Denver
Boulder
U.S. Highway 36
central business district
runways
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems

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