Steamboat Springs Airport (IATA: SBS, ICAO: KSBS, FAA LID: SBS) (Bob Adams Field) is a city owned public airport three miles northwest of Steamboat Springs, in Routt County, Colorado, United States. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
Larger aircraft land at the Yampa Valley Airport 25 miles (40 km) west of Steamboat Springs near Hayden, CO. This airfield can handle jetliners such as the Boeing 737 and 757 and Airbus A319 and A320, and has big-jet flights during ski season and all-year regional jet and turboprop flights on United Express to Denver.
Steamboat Springs Airport had scheduled passenger flights to Denver on Rocky Mountain Airways 50-passenger de Havilland Canada DHC-7 "Dash 7"s. The "Dash 7" had the short takeoff and landing (STOL) performance needed at Steamboat Springs.
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