Uber · About 10 minutes to downtown Montrose when US-50 is moving
Where they are
One map, pinned from each airport’s published coordinates.
Category scores
Overall is the published weighted sum. A highlighted score is ahead; a tie stays plain.
Ease of use
25% · Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
ASE8.4
MTJ8.5+0.1
Comfort & amenities
20% · Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
ASE7.3
MTJ7.7+0.4
Food & retail
15% · Food and retail quality and variety.
ASE7.0
MTJ7.2+0.2
Ground access
15% · Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
ASE8.8+1.3
MTJ7.5
Reliability
15% · Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
ASE6.0
MTJ7.2+1.2
Lounges
10% · Worth-it density and access quality.
ASE2.0
MTJ2.0
Best for
ASE
Ski-town arrivals that will use leftover $6 Elk or free RFTASame-day SkyWest hops to DEN / ORD / LAX / DFW / SFO / IAH / ATLTravelers who will empty a bottle after TSA and skip a lounge hunt
MTJ
Ski and Uncompahgre trips that stay on the one-campus fieldDrivers who want leftover $11 Economy after a free first 30 minutesTravelers connecting over DEN or DFW
Watch out for
ASE
No ticketed passenger lounge and no Priority Pass pinPlainFlights leftover BTS 2020–2025 on-time 73.5% / cancelled 3.88%Full-field closure leftover 4 Apr 2027 11:00 p.m. through 19 Nov 2027 7:00 p.m.Parking leftover jumps 1 Oct 2026 (Bear $28 / Elk $15) and lots fill at peak
MTJ
No lounge — Priority Pass Montrose URL is 404Official Summer 2026 PDF leftover still mixes Telluride (TEX) Denver Air Connection cellsOfficial leftover flooring upgrade is liveWikipedia leftover still lists Breeze Orange County as a current seasonal destination
Amenities and tips
ASE
Jedediah’s three locationsAspen Airport Free-Wi-FiElk Lot $6 overnightAirside water stationsHoldroom seatingArrivals Ambassador desk
Arrive 1½–2 hours; bags leftover 45 minutes prior
Official leftover arrive 1½ to 2 hours. Official leftover all bags 45 minutes before departure. American.com leftover also 2 hours / 45 minutes, cash/checks not accepted.
One 1976 hall — Jedediah’s is not a lounge
Ticketed jets use one civil hall after a single TSA. Official leftover Jedediah’s three locations (restaurant, bag-claim grab-and-go, departures products) are food, not a Priority Pass club.
Jedediah’s is the only official food vendor
Official leftover Jedediah’s Bar & Restaurant is the airport food vendor, with a full bar near the restaurant and grab-and-go in baggage claim. Order leftover in ticketing via the Jedediah’s app.
MTJ
Horsefly BrewingJabbrrbox quiet workspacesAirline wheelchair assistAmerican.com leftover pet grassOfficial lots and leftover South Short TermTicketed lounge
Official leftover opens two hours before the first departure
Official leftover terminal hours: opens two hours before the first flight departs and closes one hour after the last arrival. Official Airlines leftover prints no 90-minute clock.
One campus — do not invent a KMTJ page or merge Telluride
Official pin is 2100 Airport Road, Montrose, CO 81401. One commercial campus. Do not create /airports/kmtj.
Horsefly is the concession — that is not an airline lounge
Official Dining leftover names Horsefly Brewing landside near the rental-car desks and airside after TSA. Official leftover CivicAlerts 95 leftover-prints the airside room near Gate 5.
ASE · Aspen’s one-TSA 1976 hall is a 3-mile hop from downtown with leftover $6 Elk parking and a free RFTA curb, but there is no ticketed lounge and BTS leftover on-time is 73.5%.
MTJ · A one-campus Western Slope field with United and Southwest to Denver and American to Dallas/Fort Worth, $11–$14 official parking after a free first 30 minutes, Uber and leftover authorized mountain shuttles at the curb, and no ticketed lounge.
