Airports
Fewer Delays For Colorado Airports
Corporate operators can expect fewer delays at Colorado’s Craig, Steamboat Springs, Hayden and Rifle Airports this winter since the Colorado DOT has purcha

Corporate operators can expect fewer delays at Colorado’s Craig, Steamboat Springs, Hayden and Rifle Airports this winter since the Colorado DOT has purchased and installed a $5.7 million Sensis multilateration system to track aircraft well below the mountain-affected line of sight of distant FAA secondary surveillance radars (SSR). Under the SSR environment, this meant a “one out, one in” approach sequence, with lengthy “procedural” in-trail separations and a daily average of 75 delays during winter. Five miles in-trail is now expected with the new system. Colorado’s DOT anticipates future multilateration installations covering Alamosa, Aspen, Cortez, Durango, Gunnison, Montrose and Telluride.