ASPEN – — Reductions in additional hangar space and in the size of a proposed underground parking garage at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport will be among the recommendations that emerge in an updated master plan for airport facilities, according to local aviation director Jim Elwood.
The airport on Tuesday arranged a media tour of existing facilities, similar to scheduled tours being offered to the public during the next two weeks, and Elwood distributed a double-sided, one-page handout, “Answers to Some of Your Questions About the Airport Master Plan,” to local newspaper and radio reporters. The handout appeared to respond to issues raised by Citizens for Responsible Airport Development, a group that is questioning potential future developments at the airport as outlined in the master plan.
Development of a second fixed-base operator to serve general, or private, aviation on the west side of the airport is among those issues.
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