Grand Junction Regional Airport
Grand Junction Regional Airport Walker Field | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Grand Junction Regional Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Grand Junction, Colorado | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1930 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC−07:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,861 ft / 1,482 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°07′21″N 108°31′36″W / 39.12250°N 108.52667°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | gjairport | ||||||||||||||
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Sources: airport website and FAA | |||||||||||||||
Grand Junction Regional Airport (IATA: GJT, ICAO: KGJT, FAA LID: GJT) is three miles (4.8 km) northeast of Grand Junction, in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. The airport is owned by the Grand Junction Regional Airport Authority.
Federal Aviation Administration records show the airport served 212,588 passengers in the 2008 calendar year with passenger traffic increasing steadily (with the exception of COVID-related disruptions) to a total service of 482,773 passengers in the 2023 calendar year. In 2023, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics ranked the airport as the 5th busiest in the state of Colorado, behind the Denver, Colorado Springs, Aspen, and Montrose airports (although during this calendar year, Grand Junction served nearly the exact same passenger volume as the Montrose Regional Airport, with the airports being ranked as the 180th and 181st busiest airports in the country, each with approximately 244,000 enplanements).
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2023–2027 categorized it as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.