Craig–Moffat Airport (Craig–Moffat County Airport) is a public

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two miles southeast of Craig, in

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, United States. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter

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for the FAA and

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, but Craig–Moffat Airport is CAG to the FAA and CIG to the IATA (which assigned CAG to

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in Italy).

Facilities and aircraft

Craig–Moffat Airport covers ; its one

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(7/25) is 5,606 x 100 ft. (1,709 x 30 m) asphalt. In the year ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 12,000 aircraft operations, average 33 per day, all

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Past airline service

During the mid 1970s, the airport was served by Rocky Mountain Airways with flights to Denver (DEN) operated with

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turboprop aircraft.

Incident

In 2001, a

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jetliner operated by

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mistakenly landed at the airport during a snow shower.

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flight 641 from St. Louis was scheduled to land at nearby

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(HDN) in Hayden, CO, which had a runway nearly twice as long as Craig–Moffat Airport. The plane landed safely, and there were no injuries sustained by the 122 people on board; however, the jet became stuck in the mud as it attempted to navigate the taxiway following the landing.

References

External links

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Facilities and aircraft

Past airline service

Incident

See also

References

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