A private fly-in campground for pilots will not be cleared for takeoff at Steamboat Springs Airport.
The city started ordering supplies last month for five camping sites with fire pits just south of the runway in an effort to attract outdoorsy pilots.
But the project was grounded after a resident pointed out that it would be illegal for anyone to actually camp at the airport under the city’s current rules, which prohibit campfires and camping on all city-owned property.
On Tuesday night, the City Council declined to grant the airport an exemption from those rules.
Council President Walter Magill said he would rather see the pilots pay an accommodations tax to the city at local hotels instead of camping for free next to the runway.
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