Landing at one of Colorado's Most Challenging Airports

[@gregmink]

Textbook. Always fun to land on 27.

[@ColinPrenger]

Premier 1 Driver Thanks P1D! It’s such a blast

[@gendaminoru3195]

G; fancy meeting you here. Perhaps Telluride itself one day.

[@williegillie5712]

That makes 2 guys that know that airport well for sure.

[@cyh4031]

So P1D, do you have any videos of your sweet little jet landing here?

[@shootfirst2097]

@@cyh4031 Yeah, exactly.

[@masonlovesroblox]

That scenery was MAJESTIC

[@brettneuberger6466]

Picture perfect. & Perfect pictures! Beautiful.

[@bretkellam6429]

I am so appreciative of people like yourself taking me to places I will never get to go and allowing me to see things I would have no chance of ever seeing for myself. Thank you!!

[@ColinPrenger]

You are very welcome! Glad you enjoyed!

[@rjensen256]

@@ColinPrenger Ditto from Florida!!!

[@kurakuson]

Excellent! ...enjoyed viewing this.

[@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043]

I’ve watched this video at least ten times. I just love it! The majesty of the mountains, and how small we are. Quite humbling and I guess my many views remind me. Thanks for the ride! Loved it too.

[@JohnS916]

Very nice. I liked the approach tips you provided. I'm no pilot, just an airplane enthusiast. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.

[@a.ndy.nonymous]

I live in Colorado and I'm always impressed by the views.

[@goodnewsusa]

beautiful scenery ..thanks for sharing!

[@larryehrlich57]

Retired now, but I use to fly the MD-11 in the cargo configuration. This aircraft came with an Auto-land feature which was fantastic. In real bad weather after the autopilot landed the plane and the main tires were on the ground and the nose was still in the air...you couldn't see anything. After the autopilot landed the nose...then you could see the runway. The only way you could get the plane to turn off the centerline was to disengaging the autopilot. I flew learjets out of Aspen when I was younger...retired now in Florida. .

[@Mezzotenor]

Thank you, Captain Prenger. This was beautiful to watch and very informative.

[@dereklepper2478]

A pleasure to watch. Great commentary. Excellent piloting. Well done!

[@Jeph629]

Always exciting to fly into Telluride back when there were regular commercial flights! The pilots were great!

[@georgerudawsky1083]

Flying into or out of Telluride is always an experience. Can’t imagine what it would be like in less than ideal conditions. Thanks for sharing the video.

[@FourSeasonsHD]

In less than ideal conditions two experienced pilots would concentrate on the job very carefully.

[@dad5650]

Was there in 1974, when the airport was in the planning stage. Great skiing the Plunge...powder at the top and corn on the bottom. Hole In The Wall Pizza!!

[@darrellsadler2848]

This is one of the coolest videoes I've seen on KZbin in a while... thanks for the bird's eye view of the mountains!

[@endurancetraveler]

Great video! That dip in the runway really made float when I was landing there.

[@oneandone2744]

Wow. That's some beautiful scenery. Great Flying. Thanks for a fun video.

[@clifft7832]

TEX was a real treat before they leveled the runway. We called it the salad bowl because it dipped so low in the middle. At my last flight safety sim in the Lear 60, which is a climbing beast, we positioned to TEX and took off on 9, towards the box canyon. Easily got to 15K before the falls. Always room to turn around if we lost an engine. Most beautiful part of Colorado, and I'm even a big Steamboat fan.

[@marksamuelsen2750]

I used to fly into TEX about 20 times a winter. Started in a WestWind and then a Citation 3. If the wx was good it wasn’t to bad. The aircraft owner had a home there and loved to go skiing. Great huh?

[@rattmann36863]

I went there back in the late '80s. When I looked out the window and saw that one runway, and it looked uphill, I nearly peed myself.

[@rattmann36863]

To Hell You Ride. Yep.

[@j2b261]

Wow, Colin! I've seen some beautiful Rocky Mountain scenery in a lot of aviation videos but that was just stunning!

[@ColinPrenger]

It is a stunning place!

[@chasethesky1]

I live in Colorado, and have visited Telluride dozens of times. In 1987 I met my brother and his wife in Telluride, and they flew in, and said they were terrified by the landing and would never do it again! I always wondered what flying in there was like ever since then. Now I know! (kind of)

[@MegaHowtoMan]

I landed a Learjet 35 there. Had to go around because we were so unstable. The thin air makes your ground speed so much faster. On takeoff the emergency pressurization went off because the cabin pressure was above 9500. It is the most challenging airport I ever landed at. The town is gorgeous.

[@Erik-rp1hi]

Nice, beautiful landscape. Thanks for sharing.

[@rodwallace6237]

Farmington, NM to Durango, CO on old Mesa Air was as like an amusement park ride. I was strapped in and holding on for dear life while the local travelers were chatting and reading. Wind seemed to come from every direction.

[@saracalvin9173]

this is awesome, i live in telluride and have never seen a video landing here. i always hear stories about how dangerous it can be. stay safe man!

[@ColinPrenger]

Thank you!

[@soldierforgod1477]

That looks so easy I drove a tank in Iraq and Afghanistan I know I can handle that plane with ease... Great job

[@careersteer6497]

Excellent landing! Thanks for the great video.

[@NewGoldStandard]

You showed up in my recommendations and I'm glad you did! This was great, I'm going to check out some of you other content now.

[@ColinPrenger]

Thanks for checking my stuff out!

[@NGC008]

Great flying, great landing, awesome scenery and very well recorded, thank you for sharing.

[@forgiven212]

Beautiful. Thanks for the visual ride!

[@edwardmiller6353]

Very nice! We visited Telluride in 2018 by roads. Beautiful area!!

[@9Ballr]

Those views are breathtaking!

[@JDOTVegas]

I'm not a pilot so this was just awe inspiring! Great piloting through that choppy air.

[@sljs1010]

One of the best videos I've seen coming into Telluride great video quality

[@doribellan]

Why would anyone dislike this video?? Great approach and landing, and thanks for taking us along to a unique gen aviation airport!

[@ColinPrenger]

Some people are just jealous they can't fly in there :P Thanks for watching!

[@doribellan]

Colin Prenger, you’re probably right. ;) Stay safe! I need to renew... Miss it!

[@xpalon1]

...beautiful takes,love it.

[@diecastcollector3034]

Great video, i found it educational to know the mountains on the coors can are real mountains here in Colorado. Gotta t love this beautiful state. Nice landing 👍

[@bdh3949]

Fantastic view and report, thank you.

[@JimForeman]

Leadville is another thousand feet higher. Used to use it when teaching mountain flying.

[@wilmeaux12]

Drove up to that airport once and said to myself "I will never fly my self into this place". Great flying, cool plane you have there.

[@margaretroselle8610]

Really enjoyed that video......and great scenery! Greetings from New Zealand.

[@skygh]

I read the video title and knew where we were going!

[@scorpmusic2625]

Fun flying with you...beautiful!

[@nancychace8619]

"Oh, c'mon, man!" ...Nice landing, great explanation. 🙂

[@ColinPrenger]

Yeah, gotta talk to the plane every once in a while to get it to do what you want!

[@davepearson533]

If you want challenging, try Glenwood Springs or even Granby. Glenwood is truly one way in, one way out (with some nice trees thrown in on departure), and at both a go-around started too late can be hazardous to your health! Nothing better though than flying in the mountains!

[@ColinPrenger]

Dave Pearson Glenwood is on my list but definitely hesitant. Granby is a great little strip!

[@bobcarter4343]

wow, scary approach... great work Captain.

[@cyh4031]

That looks like a fun little plane to fly, even as a passenger...really nice for a single engine!

[@dobiedude7479]

I have done a couple of missed approaches in a PC12 when we were out messing around. We broke off early then checked out some of the trails that we four wheel on. In two weeks we will be camping just north of the airport. Last camping of the season.

[@richardfrancis5406]

Great flying! Thanks for sharing...

[@XaymacaJah]

you are a brave pilot. good work!

[@AlexandarHullRichter]

What a beautiful place to land!

[@moneylab2860]

Awesome video! Great HD, no crappy music overlay - well done

[@marlinweekley51]

Ran Leadville trail marathon June 2018. Flew my normal aspirated 210 into Leadville -no prob. Gave me a certificate at the airport for landing there - felt like a winner before ever started to run 😂 nice video - 👍

[@VitalityMassage]

That was fun to watch. Thank you. You made it look easy!

[@patrickdublin]

Very high quality video with excellent contents. Thank you for sharing and safe travels always

[@ColinPrenger]

Thank you for watching!

[@jwm239]

...as a (hang) glider pilot, I was reminded via books, instructor, other pilots about the need to keep UP the airspeed while flying downwind especially! And to be ready for a steeper glideslope to landing at very high elevations due to much thinner air and/or stronger headwinds and/or venturi etc.

[@damienford3587]

Wow, Colin, I absolutely loved this!

[@jackterry7664]

I miss flying into those small, high fields in Colo. I learned how to fly there at 5600 ASL in Rifle.

[@petejansen8098]

Awesome skills, thanks for the ride.

[@carolbenson6524]

Wow...fascinating to watch this. I've traveled there by car but never by plane. Scary!

[@lawman5511]

Three years ago, I could not find a CFI to make the trip in my 182. Waited for perfect weather and made the flight from Durango, straight in on 09 with about 25 gallons of gas. Easy. The departure on 09 was a little harder, due to the rising terrain to the east.

[@357Shakey]

Love the “Oh common man”!

[@theavenger9822]

I remember way back in 1968, when a friend of my family was a pilot for Braniff, he loved flying and had his own twin engine prop, and on his days off, he'd fly to Loveland, which only opened something like 3 or 4 years before that. I asked him if he liked jets better. I'll never forget his answer: " *Nope! Props are tops, jets are for kids* "

[@acs197]

I'm going to try this in MS Flight Sim X. Thanks for the great video and info!

[@jccourtney153]

Thank You. My dream job that never happened. Always wanted to pilot planes. Ended up drilling for the fuel! God Bless!

[@bartofilms]

Smooth, stabilized approach. Congrats or your piloting. 😀

[@dgroni7714]

Nice! Great instructions for us flat land pilots

[@wardyeomans9499]

I worked for Rocky Mtn.Airways in Avon Colo. 1984-1988 which served Vail. A private strip only for Stol A/C. Had a microwave landing system for landing. Not there anymore but made Telluride look like LAX.

[@corporalclegg914]

great job & info in this vid. i can’t even see the prop! i’ve never piloted or even sat in a Cirrus & it looks really cool, especially when compared to a lot of the old and p.o.s private aircraft i’ve put my faith & my bottom in.

[@monkeybusinesspictures1971]

Bro this was so dope to watch, learned a lot thank you

[@rednick9351]

Great video! Coolest thing about Telluride is that runway lol

[@ronaldmarshall4054]

outstanding job, thanks for sharing.

[@lahockeyboy]

Nicely done, Captain! You made it look easy.

[@rickbaca9248]

Scariest landing I ever made. There is a lot going on, mountains, winds, canyons, etc., in the area of KTEX. I was flying in with my instructor pilot. The wind was neutral for runway preference, so I was expecting a straight in 09 landing. I was farther out and quite a bit slower than the Lakesair Beach 1900 declared an approach to 27. This completely messed me up as in my mind, I was landing straight in 09. Still my instructor pilot let me make the approach. I would have not followed the Beach and broken the pattern, if I had been by myself. However my IP thought I should try to land. I was a little behind the plane but not so much my IP though he should take the plane from me. I made the threshold a little fast and little high but more or less okay. It took some help from my instructor pilot to get the plane to stick to runway but I got it down and could use the airplane again. I was shaking afterwards but glad I made the approach and landing.

[@Looknorth580]

This is a very good video. Thank you.

[@nelsonc2733]

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[@BillyBurgh]

That was pretty cool, pritty pritty cool.

[@ColinPrenger]

If you are referring to Bob Odenkirk in the office episode I praise you

[@BillyBurgh]

Colin Prenger oh I am....... lol. Thanks man. Stay safe up there, and thanks for the badass vids.

[@hudsonhaverford1319]

This is a bad ass plane. Very fast aircraft!

[@ColinPrenger]

I agree! They are a blast to fly!

[@desertrat1111]

Beautiful landing

[@granskare]

a great view - thanks

[@kenmclaughlin5211]

I enjoyed your video ! I like how you explain what you were doing when you did your approach and landing the aircraft.

[@ColinPrenger]

Thanks for watching!

[@Jaden48108]

That was very nice. I like how you explain things in detail. Very helpful for an aspiring student of aviation. You have a great voice by the way.

[@valleywe]

That was fun. Thanks for the upload.

[@t23355]

Great approach and landing!

[@kimandereck9487]

Cool. Some years ago I flew from Centennial Airport to Leadville. Summertime and that Turbo 172 was working. My last mountain flying expedition. Thanks for sharing your videos.

[@kathleeneparker98]

When they said one of the most "challenging" airports, I knew we were talking about the airport at "ta hell you ride," high, high, high in southwestern Colorado's San Juan Mountains. And for a bit of local color, hop off the plane, go into Telluride and look up at that mountain with the unusual building on it--a Victorian-era hydroelectric plant designed by Thomas Edison!

[@captainjoeyny8403]

The turbo takes all the challenge out of landing at a 9000 MSL airport. Gotta love the cirrus!

[@buddy9200]

Felt like I was flying the aircraft myself! and I'm not a pilot! On pins and needles the entire video. You made it look easy. I liked your recomendation not to make your first landing here without someone who has piloted here before, wise words. I can't imagine what it would be like to land here at night during bad weather! Wind, Rainfall or worst yet unexpected Snowfall/ blizzard, Yikes!! Great Video thanks!

[@virtualairshowpilot357]

Excellent video!

[@MarkovianMan]

Gorgeous views. I have never been there and for some reason was expecting the runway to be down inside the canyon!

[@ColinPrenger]

That would certainly be even more challenging

[@NunYa953]

How much does it cost someone to fly with you from Telluride to Denver?

[@ColinPrenger]

Plane plus my hourly rate, around $1,650 round trip

[@Peanutdenver]

@@ColinPrenger That's very reasonable considering how out of the way Telluride is from Denver. Telluride is a great little town and a lot of fun in the summer and winter.

[@davidahrens2841]

Wow! I admire the beautiful but treacherous heights and terrain as well as your faith and courage to fly over it. I prefer the thousands of alternate landing strips/crops fields here in Iowa. Nice video!!

[@6582rg]

Great job sir.

[@Daysdontexist]

nice high mountain airport sick aerial views bro

[@ronalds2080]

Excellent arrival, thanks captain. 👍

[@ColinPrenger]

Thanks much!

[@josephjolly1936]

Thanks for the ride. 👍

[@truth-dickhead3306]

beautiful Landing, one of the most squirrelly airplanes ever built landing at 9000 feet, good job

[@sparkymax4290]

What's the aircraft? I missed it.

[@truth-dickhead3306]

one of thoseCirrus 22s

[@sparkymax4290]

@@truth-dickhead3306 they're supposed to be such hot stuff.

[@truth-dickhead3306]

they are. 5000 feet per minute climb, flies 300 miles an hour. but you got some clear air turbulence or have to make some sharp maneuvers you better be on point

[@edwardhanson5842]

Lol

[@briantampabay7403]

I've been apart of hundreds of landings and takeoffs. This landing by far takes the cake.

[@smokster0604]

What a ride ..... I love flight

[@ColinPrenger]

I do too!