Aspen/Pitkin County Airport KASE / ASE
The most demanding of the ski-resort airports, ten minutes from downtown Aspen and Snowmass, with a single FBO, a 95 ft wingspan limit, a 23:00–07:00 curfew and no CBP. One-way operations (land Runway 15, depart 33), high terrain and rapidly changing winter weather cause frequent diversions to Rifle or Eagle. Christmas–New Year and Presidents' Day require parking reservations far ahead.
8,006 ft
Longest runway
10 min
Drive to Aspen
1
FBOs / handlers
7,820 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- 07:00–23:00 (mandatory curfew; max wingspan 95 ft)
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- No
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A, SAF (limited)
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 5 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Up to G650/Global 6000 within 95 ft wingspan; G700/Global 7500 excluded; no widebodies.
- Website
- www.aspenairport.com
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Atlantic Aviation Aspen
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 8,006 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000E 6,076 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 needs 9,800 ft