Wednesday, November 5, 2008

America's Highest Commercial Airport



It has been uneventful this week flying up and down the west coast, so I thought I would post a few pictures of the Piaggio in Telluride, CO.

Telluride Regional Airport sits atop Deep Creek Mesa and is North America's highest commercial airport. This is one of the more challenging airports we fly into due to the 9,078 ft elevation.

Check out this video to see what it's like to land at Telluride airport.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not quite the highest, unless you are talking airlines. Leadvile
http://www.leadvilleairport.com/
is 9927. Some people would dispute "America's," as Laz Paz, Boliva, "El Alto," is over 13000. Just thought you'd like to know. You have a very nice blog!

Fraclife said...

"Not quite the highest, unless you are talking airlines"

Yes, I was talking about Telluride being the highest COMMERCIAL airport and I am familiar with Leadville being the highest airport in the United States.

Glad you enjoy the blog.