Airport overview
Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) serves Aspen, United States. The longest reported open paved runway is 2,440 metres (8,006 feet). The directory lists 1 FBO and 0 handling providers at this airport.
- ICAO code
- KASE
- IATA code
- ASE
- Local / reference code
- ASE
- Location
- Aspen · Colorado · United States
- Coordinates
- 39.221878, -106.868233
- Elevation above sea level
- 2,389 m / 7,837.9 ft
- Time zone
- America/Denver
- Reported access
- Public use
- Longest open paved runway
- 2,440 m / 8,006 ft
- Business-aviation facilities
- 1 FBOs · 0 handling providers
- Fuel types
- 100LL
- Control tower
- Yes
- Customs airport designation
- No
- Landing-rights designation
- No
Runway dimensions alone do not determine which jets can operate here; consult the current AIP, NOTAMs, declared distances and aircraft performance requirements.
Runways (2 recorded)
All recorded runways at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting / status |
|---|
| 15/33 | 2,440 m8,006 ft | 30 m100 ft | ASPH | LightedReported open |
| 00X | 0 m0 ft | 0 m0 ft | Not reported | Lighting not reportedReported open |
Runway 15/33 · threshold & approach details
| Runway end | True heading | Elevation | Displaced threshold | Coordinates |
|---|
| 15 | 160° | 2,341 m / 7,680.3 ft | Not reported | 39.23218, -106.87315 |
| 33 | 340° | 2,389 m / 7,837.9 ft | 305 m / 1,000 ft | 39.21158, -106.86332 |
Declared distances & approach equipment
| End | TORA | TODA | ASDA | LDA | ILS / lights |
|---|
| 15 | 2,135 m / 7,006 ft | 2,135 m / 7,006 ft | 2,135 m / 7,006 ft | 2,135 m / 7,006 ft | LOC/DME / MALSF |
| 33 | 2,440 m / 8,006 ft | 2,440 m / 8,006 ft | 2,440 m / 8,006 ft | 2,135 m / 7,006 ft | Not reported |
TORA: take-off run available · TODA: take-off distance available · ASDA: accelerate-stop distance available · LDA: landing distance available.
Runway 00X · threshold & approach details
| Runway end | True heading | Elevation | Displaced threshold | Coordinates |
|---|
| 00X | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Declared distances & approach equipment
| End | TORA | TODA | ASDA | LDA | ILS / lights |
|---|
| 00X | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | LDA |
TORA: take-off run available · TODA: take-off distance available · ASDA: accelerate-stop distance available · LDA: landing distance available.
FBOs & handling
Fixed-base operators · 1
Fixed-base operator69 East Airport Road, Aspen, CO
Atlantic: Mon-Sun: 0600-2300 Airport: Arrivals: 0700-2300 Departures: 0700-2230
Executive lounge · Meeting room · Wi-Fi · Refreshments · Courtesy car
View facility & contactsHistory & management
The airport activation record dates to 1949-03; this is an administrative date and may differ from the airport’s founding. The recorded owner is Pitkin County.
- Inception year
- Not reported
- Airport activation date
- 1949-03
- Recorded owner
- Pitkin County
- Recorded operator
- Not reported
- Airport manager
- Diane Jackson
An inception year and an airport activation date are different facts. Confirm current ownership and management with the airport.
Airport communications
| Type | Service | Frequency |
|---|
| ATIS | ATIS | 120.4 MHz |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 123.75 MHz |
| CNTR | APP/DEP | 123.8 MHz |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.85 MHz |
| GND | GND | 121.9 MHz |
| TWR | TWR | 118.85 MHz |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.95 MHz |
Use current official aeronautical publications for operational communications.
Airport & runway remarks (31)
Airport remarks can include operating restrictions, prior-permission contacts and noise procedures; check current publications before a flight.
- AIRPORTFOR ACFT SVCS CTC UNICOM.
- AIRPORTEXISTED PRIOR TO 1959.
- AIRPORTDUSK-2300
- AIRPORTARPT CLSD 2300-0700.
- AIRPORTPPR FOR TKOF ON RY 15. CTC FBO 970-920-2016.
- AIRPORTDUE TO POOR VISIBILITY IN VALLEY, USE LNDG LGTS IN TFC PAT.
- AIRPORTREVIEW OF AIRPLANE PERFORMANCE RCMDD INCLUDING DA; WEIGHT & BALANCE AND CLIMB PERFORMANCE.
- AIRPORTHANG GLIDERS; PARA GLIDERS; HOT AIR BALLOON & GLIDER OPNS ON & INVOF ARPT UP TO 18000 FT MSL.
- AIRPORTNOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES IN EFFECT. CTC ARPT OPS 970-920-5760 EXT 0.
- AIRPORTFBO REQUIRES 2 HRS ADVANCE NOTICE FOR STAGING ACFT PRIOR TO DEP.
- AIRPORTDUE TO HIGH APCH MNMS PILOTS MAY NEED AN IFR ALTN EVEN THOUGH WX IS FCST TO BE HIGHER THAN 2000-3.
- AIRPORTTERRAIN WILL NOT ALLOW FOR NORMAL TFC PATTERNS. HIGH RATES OF DESCENT MAY BE RQRD DUE TO TERRAIN & LOCAL PROCS.
- AIRPORTARPT LOCATED IN HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEY WITH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN FROM 12500 - 14000 FT MSL IN NEAR PROXIMITY TO ARPT; NUMEROUS UNLIGHTED OBSTRUCTIONS. ALL ADVERSE WEATHER SITUATIONS MAGNIFIED IN MOUNTAINS. OPERATIONS DURING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY DISCOURAGED FOR PILOTS UNFAMILIAR WITH AREA.
- AIRPORTUNCONTROLLED TRAFFIC ON THE RAMPS. RY 33 RUN-UP AREA NOT VISIBLE FROM ATCT.
- AIRPORTFOR ALL GA OPNS BTWN 30 MIN AFT SS TO 2300 THE FOLLOWING APPLIES: ACFT EQUIPPED AS RQRD UNDER FAR 91.205(D) FOR INST FLT - PILOT IS INST RATED; VFR PIC HAS COMPLETED AT LEAST ONE TKOF OR LDNG IN THE PRECEDING 12 MONTHS AT ASE. IFR: EXECUTE APCH/DEP PROCEDURES WITH ATC CLNC.
- AIRPORTUNIQUE VFR DEP PROCEDURES EXIST. CALL ARPT OPS 970-920-5760; OR FBO 970-920-2016 FOR MORE INFO.
- AIRPORT(A106) ACFT REQUIRING IFR SHOULD FILE FLIGHT PLAN WITH FLIGHT SERVICE 45 MIN PRIOR TO ESTD DEP.
- AIRPORTUNLESS CEILINGS ARE AT LEAST 2000 FT ABOVE HIGHEST TRRN & VIS IS 15 MILES OR MORE; MOUNTAIN FLYING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
- AIRPORTARPT RESTRICTED TO MAXIMUM ACFT WINGSPAN OF 95 FT.
- AIRPORTPILOTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PASSENGERS IN RAMP AREA. PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES CANNOT ENTER TWYS WITHOUT ATC CLEARANCE. STAY ON THE SOLID SIDE OF THE RED BOUNDARY MARKING LINE.
- AIRPORTCOLD TEMPERATURE AIRPORT. ALTITUDE CORRECTION REQUIRED AT OR BELOW -21C.
- AIRPORTBIRDS AND OTHER WILDLIFE ON AND INVOF RWYS. WATCH FOR WILDLIFE ON OR NEAR RWYS
- AIRPORTALL ARRIVING AIRCRAFT FRM 2000 TO 2300L MUST ANNOUNCE CTAF 118.85 WHEN THEY ARE 20, 15, 10 AND 5 MILES OUT AND ON SHORT FINAL. EQUIPMENT MAY BE ON THE RWY.
- AIRPORTALL COMMERCIAL ACFT ADVISE PRIOR TO PUSHBACK ONTO TWY-A.
- AIRPORTCAUTION: HIGH TFC INTXN - ACFT RTNELY HOLD SHORT OF TWY A4 ON TWY A WHEN INBD TO TRML OR GA RAMP.
- AIRPORTWIND CONES LCTD 60 FT WEST OF TWY A CNTRLN.
- AIRPORTRWY 33 THR NSTD, EAST SIDE LIGHTS NOT ELEVATED.
- AIRPORTWHEN ATCT CLSD ACTVT MALSF RWY 15; REIL RWY 33; PAPI RWY 15; MIRL RWY 15/33 - CTAF. REIL RWY 15 - ATCT CTL, OPER DAY VFR ONLY.
- AIRPORTTPA FOR LGT ACFT 1185 AGL; TPA FOR HEAVY ACFT 1685 AGL.
- RUNWAYRWY EXISTS TO SUPPORT THE PKN LDA ASSOC WITH THIS ARPT FOR FLIGHT INSPECTION PURPOSES.
- RUNWAY_ENDPAPI UNUSBL BYD 4 NM FM RWY THR & BYD 7 DEGS RIGHT OF RWY CNTRLN.
