FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 04 SEPTEMBER 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | SBS |
Lat/Long: | 40-30-58.5390N 106-51-58.6860W 40-30.975650N 106-51.978100W 40.5162608,-106.8663017 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 6882.4 ft. / 2097.8 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 10E (2010) |
From city: | 3 miles NW of STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO |
Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -7 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 80487 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 01/1942 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | DENVER CENTER |
FSS: | DENVER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | SBS (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | NOV-APR 0700-1700, MAY-OCT 0700-1700 |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT REIL RWY 32; PAPI RWY 32; HIRL RWY 14/32 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Landing fee: | yes, NO LDG FEE FOR SNGL ENG PISTON ACFT. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX AWOS-3: | 118.325 (970-879-7794) |
WX AWOS-3PT at HDN (16 nm W): | 119.275 (970-276-3690) |
- UNICOM AVBL 0700-1700.
- APCH/DEP CTL SVC PRVDD BY DENVER ARTCC (ZDV) FREQS 120.475/235.975 (HAYDEN RCAG).
- COMMUNICATIONS PRVDD BY DENVER RADIO ON FREQ 122.2 (STEAMBOAT SPRINGS RCO).
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
BQZr352/3.2 | | ROBERT VOR/DME | | 112.20 | | 13E |
CHEr077/20.0 | | HAYDEN VOR/DME | | 115.60 | | 14E |
RLGr314/36.4 | | KREMMLING VOR/DME | | 113.80 | | 14E |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MINOR |
Powerplant service: | MINOR |
Bottled oxygen: | HIGH/LOW |
Bulk oxygen: | HIGH/LOW |
Runway Information
Runway 14/32
Dimensions: | 4452 x 100 ft. / 1357 x 30 m |
Surface: | asphalt/grooved, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | Single wheel: | 50.0 | Double wheel: | 60.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | high intensity |
| RUNWAY 14 | | RUNWAY 32 |
Latitude: | 40-31.301848N | | 40-30.649435N |
Longitude: | 106-52.196993W | | 106-51.759230W |
Elevation: | 6874.7 ft. | | 6882.1 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
Runway heading: | 143 magnetic, 153 true | | 323 magnetic, 333 true |
Displaced threshold: | no | | 600 ft. |
Declared distances: | TORA:4452 TODA:4452 ASDA:3852 LDA:3852 | | TORA:4452 TODA:4452 ASDA:4452 LDA:3852 |
Markings: | basic, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | | | 2-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path) PAPI BAFFLED; VIS LMTD TO 5.5 DEGS LEFT OF CNTRLN DUE TO HIGH TRRN. |
Runway end identifier lights: | | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CITY OF STEAMBOAT SPRINGS PO BOX 775088 STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO 80477 Phone 970-879-1204 |
Manager: | JOSHUA SCHROEDER 3499 AIRPORT CIRCLE STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO 80477 Phone 970-879-9042 |
Additional Remarks
A58-32 | BRUSH 176 FT FM RWY END, 98 FT FM DSP THLD, 124 FT RT OF APCH, 7 FT ABV RWY END. |
A30A-32 | PREFERRED RWY; 180 FT DROPOFF 2000 FT FM PAVEMENT END. |
- | WILDLIFE ON & INVOF ARPT. |
- | COLD TEMPERATURE AIRPORT. ALTITUDE CORRECTION REQUIRED AT OR BELOW -25C. |
- | FOR CD IF UNA TO CTC ON FSS FREQ, CTC DENVER ARTCC AT 303-651-4257. |
- | SI NA TO AVOID TFC CONFLICTS. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 04 September 2025 at 0901Z to 02 October 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 32 | |
download (355KB) |
RNAV (GPS)-E | |
download (361KB) |
VOR/DME-C | |
download (390KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (145KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (298KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KHDN - Yampa Valley Airport (16 nm W)
KCAG - Craig-Moffat Airport (30 nm W)
33V - Walden-Jackson County Airport (31 nm NE)
20V - Mc Elroy Airfield (36 nm SE)
KDWX - Dixon Airport (42 nm NW)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Mitch Bowers imagewerx.us
Photo taken 23-Aug-2017
looking south.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Steamboat Springs Airport/Bob Adams Field that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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Airport distance calculator |
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 22-Sep-2025
| | Local (UTC-6) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:29 | | 12:29 |
Sunrise | | 06:56 | | 12:56 |
Sunset | | 19:04 | | 01:04 |
Evening civil twilight | | 19:32 | | 01:32 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 23-Sep-2025 02:35:14 |
Local (UTC-6) | 22-Sep-2025 20:35:14 |
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METAR |
KSBS | 230215Z AUTO 35006KT 10SM OVC036 10/07 A3016 RMK AO1 T01020065
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KHDN 16nm W | 230156Z AUTO 22017G26KT 10SM BKN060 BKN080 OVC095 10/06 A3015 RMK AO2 PK WND 23026/0151 LTG DSNT NW TSE11RAE13 SLP172 P0000 T01000061 $
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TAF |
KHDN 16nm W | 222126Z 2221/2318 29008KT P6SM SCT060 BKN100 TEMPO 2221/2224 VRB15G30KT 4SM -TSRA BKN060CB FM230600 VRB03KT 6SM -SHRA OVC020
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NOTAMs |
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