Trip Report: Denver to Phoenix Via Cortez

For this trip report, I will be taking a route not too often flown, Denver to Phoenix on San Francisco-based carrier Boutique Air. Yes, this route is flown nonstop many times a day, but not via a small city in southwestern Colorado. Boutique Air flies the route between Denver and Phoenix via Cortez, Colo. once a day in each direction. The small Coloradan city is part of the government's Essential Air Service (EAS) program. The entirety of the Boutique route…