Airports
Aspen Residents Vote for County Control of Airport
Ballot measure would have ceded decisions on runway expansion to residents
Aspen Airport
Voters rejected a ballot measure that risked violating federal grant assurances.

A measure on the ballot that would have ceded control of Colorado’s Aspen/Pitkin County Airport to county voters instead of county officials was rejected by voters on November 5. The measure essentially removed from the county board of commissioners the ability to authorize and use state or federal grants to expand or relocate any runway at the airport beyond the dimensions existing as of Jan. 1, 2024, unless approved by Pitkin County voters.

In a letter sent on October 17, the FAA had warned the county board that the ballot measure, if approved, would be in violation of federal grant assurances.

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