Yellowstone Regional Airport

This article is about the airport in Cody, Wyoming. For the airport in West Yellowstone, Montana, see Yellowstone Airport. For the airport in Belgrade, Montana, see Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.

Yellowstone Regional Airport (IATA: COD, ICAO: KCOD, FAA LID: COD) is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Cody, a city in Park County, Wyoming, United States.^[1] It is the only commercial airport in Park County Wyoming. It is in northwestern Wyoming, about 53 miles from the east entrance of Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone Regional Airport
IATA: COD ICAO: KCOD FAA LID: COD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Cody
Serves	Cody, Wyoming
Elevation AMSL	5,102 ft / 1,555 m
Coordinates	44°31′13″N 109°01′26″W
Website	www.FlyYRA.com
Map
COD Location of airport in Wyoming Show map of Wyoming COD COD (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 8,268 2,520 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft operations 25,238 Based aircraft 75
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

The airport is owned by the city of Cody and is operated by the Yellowstone Regional Airport Joint Powers Board. This board was established in 1981 and is made up of seven members appointed by the Cody City Council and the Park County Commission.^[2] The daily operations of the airport are overseen by an Airport Manager, who is appointed by the board.

It should not be confused with Yellowstone Airport, located 104 miles (167 km) west in West Yellowstone, Montana, near the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park, or Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport, located 136 miles (219 km) northwest in Belgrade, Montana, on the outskirts of Bozeman.

Facilities and aircraft

Yellowstone Regional Airport covers an area of 694 acres (281 ha) at an elevation of 5,102 feet (1,555 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 8,268 by 100 feet (2,520 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 25,238 aircraft operations, an average of 69 per day: 92% general aviation, 8% air taxi, <1% airline, and <1% military. At that time there were 75 aircraft based at this airport: 51 single-engine, 8 multi-engine, 11 jet, and 3 helicopter, plus 1 glider and 1 ultralight.^[1]

A new $12.5 million airport terminal opened in December 2010.^[3][4][5] 95% of the cost for the new terminal was paid with an FAA grant, 3% from the Wyoming State Aeronautics Division and the remaining 2% from the airport itself.^[6]

Airline and destination

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
United Express	Denver

^[7]

Destinations map
Cody Denver Destinations from Yellowstone Regional Airport

Statistics

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes from COD
(September 2023 - August 2024)^[8]

Rank	Airport	Passengers	Carrier
1	Denver, Colorado	38,250	United

Accidents at or near COD

• On October 29, 2003, a Corporate Air Cessna 208 Caravan on an attempted approach crashed-landed on a highway just south of the airport in snowy and icy conditions and wound up inverted in Alkali Lake. The sole occupant, the pilot, was killed.^[9]

See also

• List of airports in Wyoming