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Pitkin County weighs two options to cover $6.8M runway repair; landing fee could double or triple under no subsidy
Summary
Pitkin County commissioners were presented with two options to cover an unreimbursed $6.8 million runway pavement maintenance cost at Aspen/Pitkin County Airport for fiscal 2026, a decision that could raise the signatory landing fee from $7.75 to between $12.05 and $15.37 per 1,000 pounds depending on whether the airport uses $3.4 million from its enterprise fund.
Pitkin County commissioners heard Nov. 6 that a planned runway pavement maintenance project—unreimbursed by federal sources—remains the primary factor driving proposed increases in airline and general aviation rates and charges for fiscal 2026.
Diane Jackson, the county's airport director, introduced outside consultants from Recondo and said the airport faces an outlay the consultants characterized as “a big influencer” in the FY26 rate calculation. "That situation has not gone away," Jackson said during the presentation.
Recondo vice president Brian Elliott and director Jason Apt laid out the compensatory methodology that the airport uses to allocate direct and indirect costs to the airfield and terminal. The firm said it used actual activity through August 2025,…
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