Aspen’s great airport debate

This November, Pitkin County voters will consider two ballot questions on the future of the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport. 

Question 200 asks voters whether or not to amend the Home Rule Charter, the county’s governing document, to divest the Pitkin County Board of Commissioners from its authority to expand or relocate the runway from its Jan. 1, 2024, status without voter approval. 

It is the product of Our Airport Our Vote, an issues committee that collected signatures to get the question on the ballot. If passed, it would force a second vote on the future of the runway.