KAPA - Centennial Airport
Opened 1968
Annual Airport Operations (2023): 362,407
News Articles:
Hangar Tenants Claim Rent Hikes Violate Grant Assurances - A group of hangar lessees at Centennial Airport in Colorado says rent hikes imposed by their FBO landlord violate the airport’s grant assurance limits. In a letter to the FAA, the Association of Town Hangar Tenants is calling for an investigation into the doubling of their rents in 14 months from $600 to $1,200 a month. They claim the increase violates conditions of the grant assurances for airport improvements that hangar rents be “fair and reasonable” and in line with hangar rates at other comparable airports. The group says the rent increases amount to a “constructive denial of access” by pricing the hangars out of the reach of some tenants. - January 30, 2026
Colorado’s Centennial Airport Leads Unleaded Aviation Fuel Initiative with $300,000 Grant Approval - Colorado’s Centennial Airport secured approval for a $300,000 grant aimed at supporting a subsidy program for unleaded aviation fuel sales. The initiative aims to incentivize the switch from leaded to unleaded aviation fuels by offsetting the higher costs of the new unleaded fuel by reimbursing pilots for the price difference. The move comes as the airport strives to proactively address community concerns over lead. - June 14, 2024
Unleaded UL94 Avgas Now Available at Centennial Airport - Considered the Nation’s third busiest general aviation airport, Centennial Airport, became the first public-use airport in the State of Colorado to offer unleaded aviation fuel to its piston-powered aircraft users. One of four aviation fuel providers located at the airport, jetCenter of Colorado became the first to take on a load of the unleaded avgas produced by Swift Fuels. Centennial’s move to unleaded avgas comes in response to the local community's voice and the Eliminate Aviation Gas Lead Emissions Program led by the Federal Aviation Administration. The program’s goal is to see a full nationwide transition from 100LL to unleaded avgas by the year 2030. With much of Centennial Airport’s traffic consisting of training flights, flight schools based at the airport have shown their support for the transition. To date, 80 percent of the aircraft operated by flight schools at Centennial Airport are now certified to safely use UL94 unleaded avgas. - May 8, 2023
Residents still have concerns after Centennial Airport becomes first to use unleaded fuel - May 3, 2023
Neighbors near Centennial Airport complain of increased traffic, noise - February 12, 2023
Woman worries she’ll be targeted for bringing concerns over Centennial airport noise - September 6, 2023 (editors note: she's not being targeted. She lives under the controlled airspace in which the tower gives airplanes in that airspace a heading to fly).