In a 4-1 vote, the Pitkin County Board of Commissioners voted to amend the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport planning document, shifting the runway 80 feet west instead of moving the taxiway 80 feet east. The change.
In an effort to beat the clock on a failing runway and soon-to-expire Congressional funding for the airport, the county endorsed shifting the runway 80 feet west instead of the taxiway 80 feet east in a major planning document.
Feedback from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and contacts in Washington have forced Pitkin County and the Aspen/Pitkin County airport to reconsider a major component of airport design plans: moving the runway, not the taxiway..