General aviation field
Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Field.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,452 ft
- Field elevation
- 6,882 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 7 of 24
- Coordinates
- 40.52, -106.87
Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Field's 4,452 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 67 jet-capable fields in Colorado, and at 6,882 ft the field is high enough that density altitude takes a real bite out of what that runway will accept on a warm afternoon. 7 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 17. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Aspen, 90 miles away.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 90 mi43 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 125 mi49 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 291 mi1 h 18 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 422 mi1 h 40 mfrom $3,004one way, all‑in indicative
- 434 mi1 h 42 mfrom $3,086one way, all‑in indicative
- 543 mi2 h 01 mfrom $3,864one way, all‑in indicative
- 551 mi2 h 03 mfrom $3,921one way, all‑in indicative
- 766 mi2 h 40 mfrom $5,452one way, all‑in indicative
From-prices are one way and all-in — operator price, our fee and federal excise tax — for the smallest cabin suited to the distance, indicative rather than quoted. Short legs sit at the smallest cabin's daily minimum, so we show distance and time for those and price them on request.
Runway
What can operate here
Compared against the published balanced field length of every type we broker, with roughly 3% added per 1,000 ft of elevation for density altitude.
This is runway length only. Individual airports also restrict by wingspan, noise curfew, slot availability and special approach certification, and performance moves with temperature, weight and the day. Clearing the runway here means an aircraft is worth asking about — the operator confirms it, and signs for it.
Turboprop
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~3,197 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,981 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~4,114 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,837 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,873 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,319 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,295 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Embraer Phenom 300, Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude and 11 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,463 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.