ASPEN-PITKIN COUNTY/SARDY FLD

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Aspen/Pitkin County

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• FOR ACFT SVCS CTC UNICOM.
• EXISTED PRIOR TO 1959.
• DUSK-2300
• ARPT CLSD 2300-0700.
• PPR FOR TKOF ON RY 15. CTC FBO 970-920-2016.
• DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY IN VALLEY, USE LNDG LGTS IN TFC PAT.
• REVIEW OF AIRPLANE PERFORMANCE RCMDD INCLUDING DA; WEIGHT & BALANCE AND CLIMB PERFORMANCE.
• HANG GLIDERS; PARA GLIDERS; HOT AIR BALLOON & GLIDER OPNS ON & INVOF ARPT UP TO 18000 FT MSL.
• NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES IN EFFECT. CTC ARPT OPS 970-920-5760 EXT 0.
• FBO REQUIRES 2 HRS ADVANCE NOTICE FOR STAGING ACFT PRIOR TO DEP.
• DUE TO HIGH APCH MNMS PILOTS MAY NEED AN IFR ALTN EVEN THOUGH WX IS FCST TO BE HIGHER THAN 2000-3.
• TERRAIN WILL NOT ALLOW FOR NORMAL TFC PATTERNS. HIGH RATES OF DESCENT MAY BE RQRD DUE TO TERRAIN & LOCAL PROCS.
• ARPT LOCATED IN HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEY WITH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN FROM 12500 - 14000 FT MSL IN NEAR PROXIMITY TO ARPT; NUMEROUS UNLIGHTED OBSTRUCTIONS. ALL ADVERSE WEATHER SITUATIONS MAGNIFIED IN MOUNTAINS. OPERATIONS DURING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY DISCOURAGED FOR PILOTS UNFAMILIAR WITH AREA.
• UNCONTROLLED TRAFFIC ON THE RAMPS. RY 33 RUN-UP AREA NOT VISIBLE FROM ATCT.
• FOR ALL GA OPNS BTWN 30 MIN AFT SS TO 2300 THE FOLLOWING APPLIES: ACFT EQUIPPED AS RQRD UNDER FAR 91.205(D) FOR INST FLT - PILOT IS INST RATED; VFR PIC HAS COMPLETED AT LEAST ONE TKOF OR LDNG IN THE PRECEDING 12 MONTHS AT ASE. IFR: EXECUTE APCH/DEP PROCEDURES WITH ATC CLNC.
• UNIQUE VFR DEP PROCEDURES EXIST. CALL ARPT OPS 970-920-5760; OR FBO 970-920-2016 FOR MORE INFO.
• (A106) ACFT REQUIRING IFR SHOULD FILE FLIGHT PLAN WITH FLIGHT SERVICE 45 MIN PRIOR TO ESTD DEP.
• UNLESS CEILINGS ARE AT LEAST 2000 FT ABOVE HIGHEST TRRN & VIS IS 15 MILES OR MORE; MOUNTAIN FLYING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
• ARPT RESTRICTED TO MAXIMUM ACFT WINGSPAN OF 95 FT.
• PILOTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PASSENGERS IN RAMP AREA. PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES CANNOT ENTER TWYS WITHOUT ATC CLEARANCE. STAY ON THE SOLID SIDE OF THE RED BOUNDARY MARKING LINE.
• COLD TEMPERATURE AIRPORT. ALTITUDE CORRECTION REQUIRED AT OR BELOW -21C.
• BIRDS AND OTHER WILDLIFE ON AND INVOF RWYS. WATCH FOR WILDLIFE ON OR NEAR RWYS
• ALL ARRIVING AIRCRAFT FRM 2000 TO 2300L MUST ANNOUNCE CTAF 118.85 WHEN THEY ARE 20, 15, 10 AND 5 MILES OUT AND ON SHORT FINAL. EQUIPMENT MAY BE ON THE RWY.
• ALL COMMERCIAL ACFT ADVISE PRIOR TO PUSHBACK ONTO TWY-A.
• CAUTION: HIGH TFC INTXN - ACFT RTNELY HOLD SHORT OF TWY A4 ON TWY A WHEN INBD TO TRML OR GA RAMP.
• WIND CONES LCTD 60 FT WEST OF TWY A CNTRLN.
• RWY 33 THR NSTD, EAST SIDE LIGHTS NOT ELEVATED.
• WHEN ATCT CLSD ACTVT MALSF RWY 15; REIL RWY 33; PAPI RWY 15; MIRL RWY 15/33 - CTAF. REIL RWY 15 - ATCT CTL, OPER DAY VFR ONLY.
• TPA FOR LGT ACFT 1185 AGL; TPA FOR HEAVY ACFT 1685 AGL.
• PCR VALUE: 373/F/B/X/T
• RWY EXISTS TO SUPPORT THE PKN LDA ASSOC WITH THIS ARPT FOR FLIGHT INSPECTION PURPOSES.
• PAPI UNUSBL BYD 4 NM FM RWY THR & BYD 7 DEGS RIGHT OF RWY CNTRLN.

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