Aspen Airport is closed for 229 days in 2027.

This is not a weather day or a two-week maintenance window. For the whole of Aspen's summer and fall, every private arrival lands 61 to 68 miles away and finishes the trip by road. Two small FBOs absorb Aspen's traffic on top of their own.

The constraint is ground, not air. Rideshare barely exists at Rifle. Taxis are few at Eagle. Every car service in the valley will be running 75 to 90 minute legs instead of a five-minute hop from Sardy Field, so vehicles and drivers are the thing that runs out on busy weekends.

JetSet is built for exactly this. One chauffeur and one coordinator stay with your principal from the first arrival to the last departure, on Storm Rider vehicles. Your EA briefs us once; we handle the FBO, the drive and every move in between.

Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (KASE) closes to all aircraft on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 11:00 PM and is scheduled to reopen on Friday, November 19, 2027 at 7:00 PM — 229 days. No commercial flights, no private jets, no general aviation.

The runway is being reconstructed and shifted to meet current FAA design standards. It is a full rebuild, not the short annual pavement maintenance closure, which is why it covers the entire summer and fall.

Most private aircraft will use Rifle Garfield County (KRIL), 61 miles and about 75 minutes from Aspen, or Eagle County Regional (KEGE), 68 miles and about 90 minutes. Grand Junction (GJT) is about 2 hours 30 minutes. Your charter operator or flight department chooses the airport based on aircraft, runway and slot availability.

Rifle is the closest by drive time and its only FBO is Atlantic Aviation, the same operator as at Aspen, so crews and owners get the same FBO experience. Eagle has the longer runway and suits large-cabin aircraft, and it works well when the trip also includes Vail or Beaver Creek.

Send JetSet the arrival airport, your operator or tail if you have it, dates, party size and bags. We hold one dedicated chauffeur and coordinator for the whole stay, meet the aircraft at the FBO and drive to Aspen. If the airport changes, your EA or crew tells us and the team goes to the new FBO.

Where flight data is available we watch it, but many private tails are blocked from public tracking. We never rely on it alone: we confirm the airport and the arrival window with your EA or crew, and the team is positioned before the aircraft is due.

As early as the trip is known. With every Aspen arrival routing through two smaller airports for the whole summer and fall, vehicles and FBO time are the constraint. Holiday weekends, Food & Wine, Aspen Ideas and Labor Day will be the tightest.

Denver works for commercial connections. In summer Independence Pass (Highway 82) is usually open, which makes Denver to Aspen about 3.5–4 hours; when the pass is closed (roughly early November to late May) the route goes via Glenwood Springs and takes longer.