Overcast skies could interrupt travel into the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport starting Friday.
The localizer at the airport, which guides pilots making an instrument approach, was taken off line Thursday night as part of ongoing work to extend the runway.
For the estimated 45 days that the equipment is down, United Express flights operated by SkyWest will not be able to land in Aspen when cloud cover drops below 6,000 feet or visibility drops below six miles, according to Dave Ulane, assistant airport director.
“Hopefully, the weather is good,” he said.
Partly cloudy skies, as Aspen saw Thursday, won’t be an issue, according to Ulane. But unbroken cloud cover below 6,000 feet, preventing a visual approach, could mean diverted flights or ground transportation from Denver for Aspen-bound travelers, according to SkyWest spokesman Wes Horrocks.
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