FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 23 JANUARY 2025
Location
| FAA Identifier: | FCS |
| Lat/Long: | 38-40-41.8928N 104-45-23.3302W
38-40.698213N 104-45.388837W
38.6783036,-104.7564806
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 5874.3 ft. / 1790.5 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 08E (2020) |
| From city: | 3 miles S of FORT CARSON, CO |
| Time zone: | UTC -7 (UTC -6 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 80926 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Private use. Permission required prior to landing |
| Control tower: | yes |
| ARTCC: | DENVER CENTER |
| FSS: | DENVER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | FCS (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | CONTINUOUS
FLT FLW- BUTTS RDO OPR 1200-1200++ MONDAY-THURSDAY, 1200-0400++FRIDAY- SUNDAY EXC NEW YEARS, THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS DAY. |
| Pattern altitude: | TPA MULTI ENG F/W NSTD TFC RWY 13/31 E TFC 7400 FT; ALL OTHERS R/W 6400 FT, F/W 6900 FT. |
| Segmented circle: | no |
| Lights: | SS-SR |
| Beacon: | white-white-green (lighted military airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
| ATIS: | 108.8 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 125.0 (719-637-9696) |
| BUTTS GROUND: | 118.55 253.6 [FRI-MON 1200-0600Z++ TUE-THUR 1100-0600Z++ CLSD NEW YEARS DAY,THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS.] |
| BUTTS TOWER: | 125.5 229.4 239.3 41.5 241.0 [FRI-MON 1200-0600Z++ TUE-THUR 1100-0600Z++ CLSD NEW YEARS DAY,THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS.] |
| SPRINGS APPROACH: | 124.0 |
| SPRINGS DEPARTURE: | 124.0 |
| EMERG: | 121.5 243.0 |
| FLT FLW: | 138.15 ;AVBL 24 HRS EXC THANKSGIVING 38.35 ;AVBL 24 HRS EXC THANKSGIVING |
| OPS: | 138.75 |
| PMSV METRO: | 50.75 |
| WX ASOS at COS (8 nm N): | 125.0 (719-380-6748) |
| WX AWOS-3PT at FLY (18 nm NE): | 118.450 (719-683-5371) |
- WX TECHNICIAN AVBL H24 EXC. HOL. 50.75 CARSON RDO 1300-0900Z++ MON-SAT, CLSD WKND AND HOL.
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| FCS at field | | BUTTS VOR/DME | | 108.80 | | 12E |
| BRKr192/17.0 | | BLACK FOREST VOR/DME | | 112.50 | | 08E |
| PUBr318/27.7 | | PUEBLO VORTAC | | 116.70 | | 08E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| IRONHORSE | | at field | | 335 | | 08E | | IHS | .. .... ... |
| PETEY | | 235/2.1 | | 407 | | 08E | | CO | -.-. --- |
Airport Services
Runway Information
Runway 13/31
| Dimensions: | 4500 x 75 ft. / 1372 x 23 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in fair condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 13 | | RUNWAY 31 |
| Latitude: | 38-40.970183N | | 38-40.426242N |
| Longitude: | 104-45.710172W | | 104-45.067500W |
| Elevation: | 5840.9 ft. | | 5795.9 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 129 magnetic, 137 true | | 309 magnetic, 317 true |
| Markings: | , in fair condition | | , in fair condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Instrument approach: | | | ILS/DME |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | U.S. Army |
| Owner: | US ARMY AERONAUTICAL SVCS AGENCY
FT BELVOIR, VA 22060
Phone 520-228-6598/99 |
| Manager: | Phone 719-526-2017 |
Additional Remarks
| - | SVC: NO FUEL AVBL. |
| - | WX TECHNICIAN (DSN 691-3620/3651, C719-526-3620/3651), AVBL 24H MON-SUN INCL HOL. BUTTS METRO AVBL ON FREQ 50.75. |
| - | UNITS TMPRLY ASGND ARE RQRD TO COORD WX SUPPORT IAW AFMAN 15-129. AUGMENTED WX OBSN VIEW RSTD FROM 180-270 DEG AND 310-340 DEG BY FLT LINE FAC AND BLDGS. |
| - | RSTD: 24 HR PPR FOR ALL ACFT. CTC BASE OPS DSN 691-3935, C719-526-3935. |
| - | 500 FT OVRN ON NW EOR, ACTF MAY TAX IN THIS AREA, UNUSE TO F/W ACFT FOR TKOF/LDG/ROLLOUT. |
| - | RWY 13/31 NSTD MARKINGS AND LIGHTING, TWY ALL NSTD MARKINGS AND LIGHTING, TWY B VFR OPS ONLY SR TO SS, NVD OPS ONLY SS TO SR. |
| - | WHEN BUTTS RDO IS CLSD CTC RANGE CTL 38.90 FOR OPS IN R2601. AVN TRNG AREA (ATA) AIR TO AIR FREQ ASSIGNMENT. ACFT OPERATING IN ATA 1-3 WILL MNT FM 37.200. ACFT OPERATING IN ATA 4-7 WILL MNT FM 68.750. ALL ACFT WILL MNT THE APPROPRIATE TRNG AREA FREQ WHEN OPERATING WITHIN R2601. WHEN OPERATING MULTI-SHIP ONLY ONE ACFT IS REQD TO MNT THE TRNG AREA FREQ. TRNG AREA FREQ ARE FOR TFC ADVSY AND DECONFLICTION AND WILL NOT BE USED FOR TACTICAL INTERNAL TFC. |
| - | ALL ACFT MUST REMAIN 100FT AGL OVER CONSTRUCTION AREAS. |
| - | ATC OPR MON-SAT 1300-0900Z++ CLSD WKND AND HOL. A - BASE OPS 1300-0500Z++ MON-FRI EXC HOL. |
| - | COMM: FLT FLW - CARSON RDO OPR MON-SAT 1200-0800Z++ CLSD WKNDS AND HOL. |
| - | D1 SOD PERMANENTLY CLSD. |
| - | MISC: NO TSNT ACFT SVC. |
| - | CAUTION: EXTV ARTILLERY AND SMALL ARMS FRNG. DUR PERIODS OF STRONG SW SFC WIND EXP STRUCTURE AND TRRN GENERATED TURB WITH WINDSHEAR NEAR THE APCH END RWY 13. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 23 January 2025 at 0901Z to 20 February 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 31 | |
download (80KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KCOS - City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (8 nm N)
KFLY - Meadow Lake Airport (18 nm NE)
1V6 - Fremont County Airport (22 nm SW)
KPUB - Pueblo Memorial Airport (26 nm SE)
KAPA - Centennial Airport (54 nm N)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Matt Beyer and Jeff Kaplan
looking north
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 30-Jan-2025
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:39 | | 13:39 |
| Sunrise | | 07:08 | | 14:08 |
| Sunset | | 17:17 | | 00:17 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:45 | | 00:45 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 31-Jan-2025 04:36:46 |
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| Local (UTC-7) | 30-Jan-2025 21:36:46 |
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| METAR |
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| KFCS | 310355Z AUTO 35009KT 10SM CLR 00/M12 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP175 T00021118 $
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KCOS
9nm N | 310354Z 32008KT 10SM FEW100 01/M12 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP173 T00061117
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KAFF
18nm N | 310355Z AUTO 01011KT 10SM CLR M03/M13 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP179 T10331128
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KFLY
18nm NE | 310415Z AUTO 33013G19KT 10SM CLR M01/M12 A2997 RMK AO2 T10101125
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| TAF |
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| KFCS | 310005Z 3100/0102 35015G25KT 9999 SCT080 520009 QNH2983INS TEMPO 3100/3101 35025G35KT 530009 BECMG 3104/3105 33010KT 9999 SCT080 530409 QNH2996INS BECMG 3111/3112 33009KT 9999 FEW100 QNH3004INS BECMG 3117/3118 16010KT 9999 FEW150 QNH3005INS TX09/3120Z TNM04/3112Z
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KCOS
9nm N | 310420Z 3104/3124 34008KT P6SM FEW200 FM311700 16008KT P6SM FEW100
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KAFF
18nm N | 3012/3118 35015G25KT 3200 -SN BLSN SCT010 BKN020 OVC040 620209 530009 QNH2970INS TEMPO 3013/3017 35020G35KT 0800 SN BLSN OVC010 620109 BECMG 3016/3017 35020G35KT 3200 -SN BLSN SCT010 BKN020 OVC040 620209 530009 QNH2979INS TEMPO 3017/3021 35030G40KT 0800 -SN BLSN BECMG 3020/3021 34020G35KT 4800 BLSN VCSH SCT025 BKN045 OVC080 610455 530006 QNH2982INS BECMG 3100/3101 34015G25KT 9999 NSW SCT100 520002 530209 QNH2987INS BECMG 3110/3111 35009KT 9999 FEW100 520207 QNH3007INS BECMG 3116/3117 16009KT 999
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