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Southwest Airlines is scheduled to launch daily nonstop service at 10 a.m. Tuesday from the Colorado Springs Airport to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

A Southwest Airlines flight from Denver to Tampa was diverted to the Colorado Springs Airport Monday evening due to what officials are calling mechanical issues on the plane, according to

Increased travel through the Colorado Springs Airport is expected during the Memorial Day holiday weekend after a strong April.

The Colorado Springs (COS) Airport is launching a parking membership program next month. The program is called ParkCOS, and will offer long-term and valet parking options.

The airport is offering 50 percent off daily long-term parking. That amounts to just 4 dollars a day to park your car. This starts on Dec. 20 and will run through Jan 2nd.

According to AAA, Labor Day weekend travel is up over last year by about 4% nationwide. More people are traveling through the Colorado Springs airport.

Officials at Colorado Springs airport showed off fireworks they had recently confiscated as a warning to passengers not to try and fly with them or even bring them to the airport over July 4th.

Some airports are going gangbusters with the post-COVID travel boom. Some have become casualties of the changing air travel landscape – including Pueblo Memorial Airport.

You might have seen the ash in the sky at the start of the weekend.

After a storm dropped powder across the state, Colorado Springs Airport was not spared.