Airports / Colorado / CEZ
Cortez Municipal Airport
KCEZ / CEZCortez, ColoradoELEV 5,918 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
39 nm
To the nearest alternate
Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Cortez Municipal Airport, listed as KCEZ / CEZ, is a mid-sized airport in Cortez, Colorado. The field lies at an elevation of 5,918 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
CEZ has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN, 39 nm), Durango La Plata County Airport (DRO, 43 nm), and Telluride Regional Airport (TEX, 52 nm).
Quotes for flights out of CEZ vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from CEZ, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KCEZ
IATA
CEZ
FAA / Local
CEZ
Elevation
5,918 ft
Coordinates
37.3030° N · 108.6280° W
Airspace
E · EchoClass E — EchoControlled airspace reaches the surface for instrument approaches, but there is no control tower on the field.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs CO fields
state range 3,706–9,927 ft
At 5,918 ft, CEZ sits higher than 54% of the 39 Colorado fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 39nmFMNFour Corners Regional AirportFarmington
- 43nmDRODurango La Plata County AirportDurango
- 52nmTEXTelluride Regional AirportTelluride
- 80nmMTJMontrose Regional AirportMontrose
- 102nmCNYCanyonlands Regional AirportMoab
- 108nmGUPGallup Municipal AirportGallup
Location
Open the full mapKCEZ · Cortez Municipal Airport · Cortez, CO
From the ramp
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