In 2010, The Colorado Department of Transportation's Division of Aeronautics and Rio Grande County partnered together to fund an unprecedented $2.6 million runway construction project. This project improved the airport's main runway to safely accommodate medical evacuation aircraft and improved the quality of life for the citizens and visitors of the Town of Del Norte and the San Luis Valley of Colorado.

During and following the devastating Colorado Floods of 2013, the Boulder Municipal Airport became the "point B" for 1,200 Colorado citizens stranded in the mountains west of Boulder. This story exemplifies the strong cooperative effort between the local community, federal agencies, Boulder's local airport, and the State of Colorado in the largest human airlift since Hurricane Katrina.

Airports in Colorado rely on a wide range of different types of airport-specific equipment to keep their airports running safely and efficiently for the citizens, pilots and visitors of Colorado. This equipment is typically very expensive when purchased new. This being said, Colorado's smaller airports do not have the budgets to support these huge capital expenses.