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Runway 15 Departure — Prior Permission Required KASE local VFR procedures

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local ops Regulatory / ordinance — MANDATORY verified 2026-08-28 (42 d ago)

Compliance is required by law — federal regulation or a local ordinance with enforcement authority.

Pitkin County Code requires prior permission from the Director of Aviation for every departure from runway 15, because of rising terrain southeast.

The route

  1. Pitkin County Code requires prior permission from the Director of Aviation for all departures from runway 15
  2. Runway 33 is the preferred runway for departures; runway 15 is not preferred principally because of rising terrain southeast of the airport
  3. The waiver requires the pilot to acknowledge the hazards and to agree to abide by all ASE noise abatement procedures

When it applies

Source text, verbatim

CRITERIA FOR AIRPORT DIRECTOR PRIOR PERMISSION FOR TAKE-OFF RUNWAY 15
The preferred runway for departures from ASE is Runway 33. Departures using Runway 15 are not preferred principally because of rising terrain southeast of the Airport. The selection and use of a runway for departure is the responsibility of FAA Air Traffic Control and the pilot-in-command. Pitkin County Code requires prior permission from the Director of Aviation for all departures from Runway 15.
By this writing, Pitkin County warns the below signed pilot that departing from Runway 15 carries inherent risk due to the surrounding topography, which risk may be exacerbated by wind and weather conditions.
[Approach & Departure page:] Runway 15 takeoffs requires a waiver to be signed by Atlantic Aviation.

The text above is the published source wording and is authoritative over any summary on this page.

Sources

All KASE procedures · KASE runway in use