Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)

ICAO KASE39.2232°N 106.8690°W7,838 ft / 2,389 mMedium airport

Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (IATA: ASE, ICAO: KASE) is a medium airport in Aspen, Colorado, United States. It opened in Mar 1949. It has one runway, 8,006 ft (2,440 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 711 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1949–2001

MAR 1949

OpenedAspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) opens.

29 MAR 2001

Disaster2001 Avjet Gulfstream III crash.18 killed

From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF

15/33160° / 340° · LIT · SLOPE 2.0%

LENGTH8,006 ft2,440 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025

462K

501K

488K

564K

608K

360K

496K

605K

618K

698K

711K

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Routes

11 destinations · 1 country

Year-round4

DENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Express201 km125 mi DFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,128 km701 mi LAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · United Express1,185 km736 mi IAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Express1,470 km913 mi

Seasonal6

PHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Eagle791 km492 mi LAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,185 km736 mi AUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,308 km813 mi SFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Express1,361 km846 mi ORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle1,627 km1,011 mi CLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle2,330 km1,448 mi

Charter1

VNYVan Nuys AirportUnited States · Aero (American airline)1,175 km730 mi

Seasonal charter1

TEBTeterboro AirportUnited States · Aero (American airline)2,783 km1,729 mi

Most destinationsAmerican Eagle 6United Express 5Aero (American airline) 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ASE. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Aspen/Pitkin County Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers711K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#953of 3,974 · #232 North America · #162 US Longest runway8,006 ft2,440 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,692of 29,823 · =545 North America · =403 US Elevation7,838 ft2,389 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#287of 43,341 · #94 North America · #61 US AgeOpened 19492026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,461of 15,079 · =2,337 North America · =2,277 US Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 US

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels

ATISATIS120.400

CLDCLNC DEL123.750

CNTRAPP/DEP123.800

CTAFCTAF118.850

GNDGND121.900

TWRTWR118.850

UNICUNICOM122.950