Officials in Colorado took a major step toward determining the future of Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (ASE) at a recent county board of commissioners meeting when they voted to approve one of 18 airport layout plans (ALP) for the development of the airport. Group III airport design requires at least 400-foot separation between the runway centerline and the taxiway centerline. With only 320 feet of separation, the airport has been operating for the past decade under an FAA-granted modification to standard. As a result, the maximum wingspan allowed there was 95 feet, not the 118 feet permitted by the Group III standard. While that limit allows operations by the Global 5000 and 6000 and G550, which span 94 feet, it excludes the G650, which exceeds the modified standard by nearly three feet, and the future Global 7000 and 8000, which will span 104 feet.
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