Southwestern Colorado

By plane

Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport

(http://www.gunnisoncreste...) IATA: GUC provides frequent and convenient jet service with airline partners, United Express, American Airlines, and United, . Regularly scheduled ground transportation offered by Alpine Express and Mountain Express.

Rental car agencies at Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport include:

By plane

There are major airports in Denver and Grand Junction, and regional airports in Cortez and Montrose.

Denver International Airport

(http://www.flydenver.com/), IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN. Commonly referred to as DIA. It is located about 20 miles to the east of downtown Denver. Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, and Southwest Airlines all maintain hubs at the airport in Concourses A, B, and C respectively. Most other major domestic carriers also have service here.

Grand Junction Regional Airport

(http://www.walkerfield.co...), IATA: GJT, ICAO: KGJT, otherwise known as Walker Field, is served by six airlines with nonstop service to Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, and Las Vegas. Some service is seasonal. For private pilots, it is also possible to fly your small plane into the airport and leave it while you tour the area. Taxi service is also available at the airport.

Sunshine Taxi, ☎ +1-970-245-8294.  editRental car agencies at Walker Field include:

Avis

Hertz

By plane

Cortez Municipal Airport

(http://www.cityofcortez.c...), IATA: CEZ, ICAO: KCEZ, 22874 CR F, Cortez, Phone: +1-970-565-7458. Air service to Cortez is available from Denver International Airport, with daily flights on Great Lakes Airlines. It's possible to rent a car at the airport.

Rental car agencies at Cortez Municipal Airport include:

Budget

Hertz

Advantage Rent-A-Car‎

Hertz

Dollar

Avis

By plane

Montrose Regional Airport

(http://www.montroseairport.com) IATA: MTJ, 2100 Airport Road, Phone: +1-970-249-3203, Fax: +1-970-249-2808 Regional service from Denver. Used most heavily during ski season. Cafe, vending, restrooms.

Rental car agencies at Montrose Regional Airport include:

Alamo

Avis

Hertz

To visit Southwestern Colorado, travelers are going to have fly and/or drive.

By train

Amtrak Through the Eastern Plains, Amtrak runs the Southwest Chief (http://www.amtrak.com/ser...): from Chicago to Los Angeles, stopping in Gallup, New Mexico 136 miles south of Cortez. Rental cars are available in Gallup.

For more information, see Wikitravel's article Rail travel in the United States.

By bus

Delta

Greyhound Bus Lines, 301 Main St Delta, ☎ +1-970-874-9455, .  edit

Durango

Greyhound Bus Lines, 275 E 8th Ave Durango, ☎ +1-970-259-2755.  edit

Gunnison

Greyhound Bus Lines, 108 S 12th St Gunnison, ☎ +1-970-641-4045.  edit

Montrose

Greyhound Bus Lines, 1360 N Townsend Montrose, ☎ +1-970-249-6673.  edit

There is also a bus stop in Silverton, but no Greyhound ticketing office.