# Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE / KASE)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kase

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ASE / KASE
- FAA: ASE
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Aspen, Colorado, United States
- Opened: Mar 1949
- Elevation: 7,838 ft / 2,389 m
- Coordinates: 39.2232, -106.8690
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 8,006 ft / 2,440 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches, 4 departures, 3 arrivals
- Passengers: 711,432 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://www.aspenairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspen/Pitkin_County_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2901709
- Weather station: KASE
- Ident: KASE

## Timeline

- Mar 1949: Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) opens.
- 29 Mar 2001: 2001 Avjet Gulfstream III crash. 18 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 8,006 ft / 2,440 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 160° / 340° | yes |

- 15/33 slopes 2.0%: threshold 15 at 7,680 ft / 2,341 m, threshold 33 at 7,838 ft / 2,389 m.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05889AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 462,250 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 500,961 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 488,316 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 563,999 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 607,645 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 359,638 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 495,663 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 604,831 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 618,038 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 698,096 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 711,432 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

11 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 125 mi / 201 km · United Express
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 701 mi / 1,128 km · American Eagle
- [LAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klax.md) Los Angeles International Airport · United States · 736 mi / 1,185 km · United Express
- [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 913 mi / 1,470 km · United Express

### Seasonal (6)

- [PHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphx.md) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · United States · 492 mi / 791 km · American Eagle
- [LAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klax.md) Los Angeles International Airport · United States · 736 mi / 1,185 km · American Eagle
- [AUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaus.md) Austin Bergstrom International Airport · United States · 813 mi / 1,308 km · American Eagle
- [SFO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfo.md) San Francisco International Airport · United States · 846 mi / 1,361 km · United Express
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 1,011 mi / 1,627 km · United Express, American Eagle
- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 1,448 mi / 2,330 km · American Eagle

### Charter (1)

- [VNY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvny.md) Van Nuys Airport · United States · 730 mi / 1,175 km · Aero (American airline)

### Seasonal charter (1)

- [TEB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kteb.md) Teterboro Airport · United States · 1,729 mi / 2,783 km · Aero (American airline)

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ASE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 6
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 5
- [Aero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aero) · 2 · charter

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 711K (2025) | #953 of 3,974 | #232 in North America | #162 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,006 ft / 2,440 m | =2,693 of 29,858 | =545 in North America | =403 in US |
| Elevation | 7,838 ft / 2,389 m | #288 of 43,403 | #95 in North America | #62 in US |
| Age | Opened 1949 | =3,461 of 15,079 | =2,337 in North America | =2,277 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 120.400 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 123.750 |
| CNTR | APP/DEP | 123.800 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.850 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.850 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [EGE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kege.md) Eagle County Regional Airport · 29 mi / 47 km
- [GUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kguc.md) Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport · 48 mi / 77 km
- [RIL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kril.md) Garfield County Regional Airport · 50 mi / 81 km
- [MTJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmtj.md) Montrose Regional Airport · 74 mi / 119 km
- [HDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khdn.md) Yampa Valley Airport · 89 mi / 143 km
- [GJT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgjt.md) Grand Junction Regional Airport · 89 mi / 144 km

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #55

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Aspen/Pitkin County Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aspen/Pitkin_County_Airport&oldid=1376220444), revision of 22 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kase/data