Recent Activity
Ongoing infrastructure scoping and commercial recruitment through 2025; no public flight ops to date.
Investor Brief
Newest U.S. licensed horizontal spaceport (2018) and the only one embedded in Colorado's aerospace prime cluster. Long-runway expansion and hypersonic point-to-point thesis depend on customer demand that has yet to materialize.
Ownership
Parent Entity
Regulatory Regime
Anchor Tenants
Latitude Advantage
Launch Azimuth Range
Employees
Country
🇺🇸United States
Region
North America
Established
2,018
Launches / Year
0
Years Active
8
Strategic Position
39.7842° N, 104.5394° W
Azimuth: Horizontal — runway-bounded; test corridors coordinated with Denver Center
39.8°N — irrelevant for horizontal ops; site value is altitude (5,512 ft elevation reduces takeoff drag) and proximity to Denver-area aerospace primes.
Future Milestones
- 2027
Targeted first commercial horizontal launch tenant operations
About
Colorado Air & Space Port at Front Range Airport in Watkins (east of Denver) is an FAA-AST licensed horizontal-launch spaceport (licensed August 2018). Operated by Adams County, it targets horizontal point-to-point hypersonic transport, air-launch operations, and small-vehicle suborbital R&D. The site benefits from proximity to Colorado's aerospace cluster (Lockheed Martin, Sierra Space, ULA HQ, Ball Aerospace).
Key Features
FAA-AST Launch Site Operator License granted August 2018
Adjacent to Denver International Airport and Colorado's aerospace cluster
Targets horizontal point-to-point and air-launch operations
8,000-foot main runway with expansion plans
Colorado has highest per-capita aerospace employment in the U.S.
Rockets That Launch Here
Companies Operating Here
Orbit Types
Notable Launches
Reaction Engines U.S. test infrastructure interest (early-stage)
Multiple small operator R&D bookings (operator details restricted)
No orbital or suborbital flights to space from site to date