# Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC)

> Gunnison, US · IATA: GUC · ICAO: KGUC · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `GUC` |
| ICAO | `KGUC` |
| City | Gunnison |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 2341 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 38.53467, -106.93457 |

## Description

Ski tourism, not freight, fills Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (IATA: GUC, ICAO: KGUC): the Colorado field recorded 58,804 enplanements in 2024, up 18.6% from 49,588 in 2023, with no regular air cargo operation. Gunnison County runs the airport at 7,680 ft (2,341 m) in the upper Gunnison Valley, roughly 45 minutes by road from the Crested Butte ski area. Winter schedules bring United Express (SkyWest and Mesa) from Denver and American from Dallas/Fort Worth, plus JSX from Dallas Love Field in selected periods; summer service is essentially the Denver shuttle. No freighter flights, cargo terminal or named cargo carrier is documented at GUC, and regional-jet belly capacity is immaterial for commercial shipments. Freight reaches the valley by truck on US Highway 50, with palletized cargo, freight forwarding and customs clearance staged through Grand Junction (GJT) or Denver (DEN), three to four hours away. An airport master plan update dated August 2026 is assessing facility needs over a twenty-year horizon, in a valley that logs some of the coldest winter mornings in the contiguous United States.

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