Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams Field
SBS · KSBS · Steamboat Springs, Colorado · Routt County · map
Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Steamboat Springs, 3 miles northwest of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, 6,882 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 4,452 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 62 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 12,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 7 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams Field?
Its FAA code is SBS, and its ICAO code is KSBS.
Where is Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams Field?
It is 3 miles northwest of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, 6,882 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams Field?
Its one runway, 14/32, is 4,452 feet long, asphalt.
Does Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams Field?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Steamboat Springs Flying Club INC and Steamboat Springs Soaring Association. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams Field?
1 pilot examiner and 2 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 Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SBS · ICAO KSBS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Steamboat Springs
- Elevation
- 6,882 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to October, every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm; November to April, every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1942
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,452 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: right-hand traffic pattern, 3,852 ft available for landing
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 600 ft, 3,852 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · UNICOM available 7:00 am to 5:00 pm. |
| Sbs and aWOS-3 | 118.325 | |
| Hayden and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.475 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 970-879-7794.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Yampa Valley Airport (16 nm west), Craig-Moffat Airport (30 nm west), MC Elroy Airfield (36 nm southeast).
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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 32; PAPI runway 32; high-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- No landing fee for sngl eng piston aircraft.
- UNICOM available 7:00 am to 5:00 pm.
- Brush 176 feet from runway end, 98 feet from dsp thld, 124 feet RT of approach, 7 feet above runway end.
- Preferred runway; 180 feet dropoff 2000 feet from pavement end.
- PAPI baffled; visibility lmtd to 5.5 degreess left of centerline due to high trrn.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -25C.
- SI NA to avoid traffic conflicts.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 55 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 2 |
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 12,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 551 |
| general aviation, travelling | 1,768 |
| general aviation, local | 9,671 |
| military | 10 |
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 Steamboat Springs from the FAA register
80 aircraft are registered to owners in Steamboat Springs, Colorado: 49 piston singles, 11 turboprops, 11 gliders, 5 balloons, 2 business jets. 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Steamboat Springs Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Steamboat Springs Steamboat Springs Flying Club is a non-profit flying club that owns and operates a fleet of Cessna aircraft for recreational and instructional use by its members.
- Steamboat Springs Soaring Association 2 aircraft · Steamboat Springs The Steamboat Springs Soaring Association is a non-profit flying club based at Eagle Soaring airfield near Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
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: 2 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 (46 nm) · (970) 401-4104 · [email protected]
All 3 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 · 19 since 1982, 6 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 Steamboat Springs 80 aircraft · 49 piston singles, 11 turboprops, 11 gliders
- Steamboat Springs Flying Club INC 2 aircraft in town
- Steamboat Springs Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Steamboat Springs Soaring Association 2 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 19 since 1982 · 6 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/SBS.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.