Authorities reopened the Colorado Springs Airport terminal at about 3:50 p.m., nearly two hours after police cleared it following a bomb threat.
The threat was called into the airport at 1 p.m., according to Mark Earle, director of aviation at the airport.
He could not give specifics but said the information was enough for authorities to be called in.
The terminal was evacuated at about 2 p.m. Several hundred people were in the airport. About 10 flights going into or out of the airport were affected, Earle said.
Police called in the fire department to assist in the response, said John Leavitt, a spokesman for the city.
Authorities also called in bomb-sniffing dogs from nearby Peterson Air Force Base and Fort Carson, Earle said.
“No devices have been found,” said Leavitt.
Planes were landing at the airport but not allowed to taxi near the terminal. No planes took off as passengers waited directly in front of the terminal at a safe distance, he said.
Traffic on Milton Proby Highway leading into the airport was stopped about a mile and a half before the airport. Some cars were being turned around.
Rocky and Madeleine Khosla of Pueblo were heading to the airport for a 4:45 p.m. flight when they were stopped by police.
“This could be worse,” said Rocky Khosla. “You’ve heard about people sitting six to eight hours in a plane, so (waiting in a car) is better.”
Staff writer Manny Gonzales contributed to this report.
