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Falcon Stadium

Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, CO, home of Air Force. Capacity 46,692. Opened September 22, 1962.

Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, CO
Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, COPhoto: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
46,692
Opened
1962
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
6,643 ft
Home team
Air Force
Air Force here
104–⁠50 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
three times

Since it opened: Air Force is 234–⁠131–⁠4 in home games from the 1962 season on. Our source names a game’s stadium only from 2001, so that count takes every earlier home game not marked neutral and may include a few played elsewhere.

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2001 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Falcon Stadium by season, 2001 to 202610k20k30k40k50k60k2001: 38,439 a game over 6 games; biggest 56,1622002: 42,713 a game over 7 games; biggest 56,4092003: 39,210 a game over 6 games; biggest 50,1082004: 38,043 a game over 7 games; biggest 50,0752005: 35,981 a game over 5 games; biggest 44,7822006: 38,034 a game over 6 games; biggest 49,3672007: 38,068 a game over 6 games; biggest 46,1442008: 38,134 a game over 6 games; biggest 46,3392009: 35,656 a game over 6 games; biggest 46,2122010: 40,093 a game over 6 games; biggest 47,5652011: 35,303 a game over 7 games; biggest 46,7092012: 32,015 a game over 6 games; biggest 38,9272013: 32,652 a game over 7 games; biggest 44,6722014: 28,161 a game over 6 games; biggest 37,7312015: 26,026 a game over 6 games; biggest 37,7162016: 29,587 a game over 6 games; biggest 43,0632017: 29,154 a game over 6 games; biggest 41,8752018: 27,701 a game over 6 games; biggest 40,1752019: 27,084 a game over 6 games; biggest 41,4012020: 5,000 a game over 1 games; biggest 5,0002021: 22,831 a game over 6 games; biggest 30,0122022: 26,926 a game over 7 games; biggest 36,9472023: 25,059 a game over 5 games; biggest 30,1422024: 26,226 a game over 6 games; biggest 39,4412025: 26,665 a game over 6 games; biggest 39,4412026: 30,705 a game over 3 games; biggest 39,441200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

56,409Notre Dame at Air Force2002
56,162Oklahoma at Air Force2001
50,108Army at Air Force2003
50,075California at Air Force2004
49,367Notre Dame at Air Force2006

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

College GameDay here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Falcon Stadium three times, first in 2001.

Nov 7, 2009Air Force 35, Army 7Academy Terrazzo
Oct 19, 2002Notre Dame 21, Air Force 14Academy Terrazzo
Nov 3, 2001Air Force 34, Army 24Academy Terrazzo

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Snow at kickoff

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Snow on game day

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database). Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for Air Force’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Opened
September 22, 1962
Architect
Praeger-Kavanaugh-Waterbury
Slater Paul Architects (renovations), HKS, Inc. (2024 renovations)
Surface over the years
FieldTurf (2006–present)
Natural grass (1962–⁠2005)
Expanded
1972, 1990
Record crowd
56,409 (vs. Notre Dame, 2002)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Falcon Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 240 by 280 meters (800 by 910 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Air Force 41, UNLV 31
Oct 3, 2026Air Force 14, Navy 9
Sep 12, 2026North Dakota State 38, Air Force 32
Sep 5, 2026Air Force 34, Duquesne 0
Nov 22, 2025New Mexico 20, Air Force 3
Nov 1, 2025Army 20, Air Force 17
Oct 18, 2025Air Force 24, Wyoming 21
Sep 27, 2025Hawai’i 44, Air Force 35
Sep 20, 2025Boise State 49, Air Force 37
Aug 30, 2025Air Force 49, Bucknell 13
Nov 16, 2024Air Force 28, Oregon State 0
Nov 9, 2024Air Force 36, Fresno State 28

Around the stadium

Playing surface
FieldTurf · Single source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

Pouring rights

PepsiCo has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights. Official source.