Airports
Letter to Airmen Details Revised Aspen 'Wrap' Procedure
The procedures, in use for years, were reviewed by the FAA last year to ensure they met the agency's latest regulations and guidance.

The FAA recently published a Letter to Airmen (LTA) detailing recently revised procedures used at Colorado’s Aspen/Pitkin County Airport (ASE) to conduct opposite-direction operations. Used by the FAA to safely maximize arrival and departure rates while accounting for surrounding terrain, the “Westbound in front of” and "Wrap" procedures result in 95 percent of departures taking off from Runway 33 and 90 percent of arrivals landing on Runway 15.


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