Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field
ASE · KASE · Aspen, Colorado · Pitkin County · map
Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field is a public-use airport owned by Pitkin County, 3 miles northwest of Aspen, Colorado, 7,838 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 8,006 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 95 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 48,677 takeoffs and landings a year. About 339,847 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field?
Its FAA code is ASE, and its ICAO code is KASE.
Where is Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field?
It is 3 miles northwest of Aspen, Colorado, 7,838 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field?
Its one runway, 15/33, is 8,006 feet long, asphalt.
Does Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Denver International, Los Angeles International, Dallas-Fort Worth International, Chicago O'Hare International, George Bush Intcntl/Houston. Every route
Are there flight schools at Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Aspen Higher Learning Flight Academy INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field?
1 pilot examiner and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ASE · ICAO KASE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Pitkin County
- Elevation
- 7,838 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1949
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 8,006 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 00X |
- Runway 15: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), 7,006 ft available for landing
- Runway 33: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 1,000 ft, 7,006 ft available for landing, road 22 ft high 1,100 ft from the end
- Runway 00X: LDA
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.85 | Aspen |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | · For aircraft services contact UNICOM. |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Ase and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.4 | Aspen |
| Clearance delivery | 125.475 | Aspen |
| Ground | 121.9 | Aspen |
| Approach and departure | 123.8 | Aspen |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Aspen |
| Aspen and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.85 | Aspen |
| Montrose and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.1 | Aspen |
| Kremmling and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.65 | Aspen |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 970-205-2482.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, charter flights, gliders, flight instruction, parachute jumping, aircraft rental, glider towing
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Eagle County Regional (25 nm north), Lake County (26 nm east), Kgws Sumers Airpark (27 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Colorado · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- For aircraft services contact UNICOM.
- Existed prior to 1959.
- DUSK-2300
- Airport closed 11:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- When the control tower closed activate malsf runway 15; runway end identifier lights runway 33; PAPI runway 15; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 15 - the control tower control, oper day VFR only.
- Pattern altitude for light aircraft 1185 above ground level; pattern altitude for heavy aircraft 1685 above ground level.
- Runway exists to support the pkn lda assoc with this airport for flight inspection purposes.
- PAPI unusable beyond 4 NM from runway threshold and beyond 7 degreess right of runway centerline.
- Due to poor visibility in valley, use landing lights in traffic pattern.
- Review of airplane performance recommended including DA; weight and balance and climb performance.
- Hang gliders; para gliders; hot air balloon and glider operations on and in the vicinity of airport up to 18000 feet above sea level.
- The FBO (fixed-base operator) requires 2 hours advance notice for staging aircraft prior to departure.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 7,790 departures from ASE in those twelve months, carrying 359,106 passengers in 530,778 seats (68% filled), to 60 destinations (6 abroad) on 9 airlines.
All 60 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 66 |
| multi-engine | 10 |
| jets | 13 |
| helicopters | 5 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 48,677, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 13,090 |
| air taxi and commuter | 15,167 |
| general aviation, travelling | 14,730 |
| general aviation, local | 5,460 |
| military | 230 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Aspen from the FAA register
50 aircraft are registered to owners in Aspen, Colorado: 27 piston singles, 9 business jets, 8 turboprops, 3 piston twins, 2 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Colorado.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Aspen, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Hangar Ff LLC High Performance Hangars develops and sells private aircraft hangars at airports in Colorado, Utah, and Kentucky.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Aspen Higher Learning Flight Academy INC 5 aircraft · Aspen Aspen Flight Academy is a non-profit flight school in Colorado offering Private Pilot and Instrument training, mountain flying courses, and aviation education programs for students and pilots of all ages.
Charter operators and airlines based in Aspen:
- Freedom Air, LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Freedom Air is a charter operator based in Aspen, Colorado, offering on-demand private jet charter services for business and leisure travel.
- Bubba Air LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners.
- Loren French private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Eagle County Airport (KEGE) · Gypsum, CO (35 nm) · (970) 401-4104 · [email protected]
All 4 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 35 since 1982, 7 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Aspen 50 aircraft · 27 piston singles, 9 business jets, 8 turboprops
- Aspen Higher Learning Flight Academy INC 4 aircraft in town
- Maroon Creek LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Lon Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Hangar Ff LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Freedom Air, LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Bubba Air LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Aspen Higher Learning Flight Academy INC 5 aircraft · flight school
- Denver International (DEN) 2,594 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Los Angeles International (LAX) 1,148 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 1,092 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 1,051 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- George Bush Intcntl/Houston (IAH) 591 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 431 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- San Francisco International (SFO) 354 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Austin-Bergstrom International (AUS) 167 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 35 since 1982 · 7 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Colorado 2,857 since 1982 · 381 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Colorado 76 landing places
- Colorado 7,454 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ASE.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.