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).
Weather right now KSBS · observed 3:55 pm MDT (21:55 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 32°F (0°C)
- Altimeter 30.23 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSBS 062155Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 26/00 A3023 RMK AO1 T02550001
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Steamboat Springs from the FAA register
82 aircraft are registered to owners in Steamboat Springs, Colorado: 49 piston singles, 12 turboprops, 12 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Colorado.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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 5, 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.