STEAMBOAT June 18-20, 2025

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Location

The Steamboat Grand Hotel

2300 Mount Werner Circle, Steamboat Springs, CO (877) 269-2628

SOLD OUT! The Steamboat Grand room block as been filled.  There are rooms available at the Steamboat Grand Hotel but no longer at the negotiated rate. The conference will be held inside the Steamboat Grand. 

Alternative Options in Steamboat: 

Sheraton Steamboat Resort Villas – (970) 879-2220

Gravity Haus Steamboat – (970) 879-1730

Holiday Inn Steamboat – (970) 879-2250

Sponsors

Agenda

 Subject to Change

Wednesday
June 18th

Golf Tournament

Haymaker Golf Course

7:00 am Check In

8:00 am – Shotgun Start

Cart provided, Boxed Lunch provided, Transportation by individual. $205.00 per person (tickets below), watch for updates on golf after the first of the year. 

Other Family Activities

Separate signup and payments direct to the activity company. Watch for updates and direct links to the activities. We will provide links and contact info.

12:00pm to 5:00pm
At the Hotel Conference site
Conference set up, Registration Desk open, Exhibitor set up

5:00pm to 6:30pm
Opening Welcome Reception, light snacks, Bar, Dinner on your own

Thursday
June 19th

7:00 am – 8:00 am Breakfast/Registration Open

8:00 am – 8:30 am Conference Opening Remarks – Sonja Macys, Routt County Commissioner – Michael Buccino, Steamboat Springs City Council – Dave Hunter, President and COE of Steamboat Springs Resort 

8:30 am – 9:20 am Split Session:

– Advantages to putting on an Airshow at CO Airports – Major General Brian Bishop USAF, (Retired) 

– Project Delivery Success for Small, Remote Airport Improvement Projects – Panel Presentation – Tom Peterson, CAPA – Todd Green, CDOT- Jesse Fabula, Lochner 

9:20 am – 10:15 am CAOA Membership Meeting

10:15 am – 10:30 am Break

10:30 am – 11:15 am Split Session:

– Airline Routing Update – Harrison Earl, Crawford, Murphy & Tilly 

– FAARFIELD Pavement Design Workshop – Airfield Pavement Design 101 – John Cessar, Dibble & Amanda Girten, RS&H

11:15am – 12:00 pm Hayden Airport Project Presentation – Kevin Booth, Yampa Valley Regional Airport

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch – Harry Tracy : The West’s MOST Incredible Outlaw – Paul Knowles, Museum of Northwest Colorado

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Colorado Aeronautics Board Meeting

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Break

3:15 pm – 4:00 pm DEN Airport updates – AFFF Transition – Greg Knight, TRS Group 

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm CDOT: Aeronautics Division Update – David Ulane, CDOT

5:30 pm – 10:00 pm 

Reception & Dinner at the Champagne Powder Room on top of Steamboat Mountain.*

5:00 pm Gondola Opens – Your name must be registered as a participant for the conference. Please make sure you have purchased a ticket to get up the gondola. 

 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm  Happy Hour featuring Music on the patio by Little Moon Travelers

7:30 – 9:00 Dinner and US Olympian Panel presentation featuring past (Ann Battelle), present (Madeline “Maddy” Schaffrick), and future ( Alexa Brabec) Olympians

 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm  After Dinner music featuring Little Moon Travelers

*Tickets to the conference include this event. If you have a guest, please purchase a ticket for them. You must have a ticket in your name to get on the gondola. 

Friday
June 20th

7:00 am – 8:00 am Breakfast

8:00 am – 8:45 am Split Session:

– AAM – Advanced Air Mobility – Zach Hazzard, Woolpert
– AGIS – Airport Geographic Information Systems – Brian Clarkson, Ardurra

8:45 am – 9:15 am Drone Technology at Airports – UAS Operations – Bret Tremblay & Molly McGuire, Benesch

9:15 am – 10:15 am Air Traffic Manager – Denver Center – ATC flows into/out of the mountain airports – Adrian Lamport, FAA

10:15 am – 10:30 am Break

10:30 am – 11:15 am No Lead Avgas – David Mittleman, Avfuel Corporation 

11:15 am – Noon Legal Issues Update – John Putnam, Kaplan Kirsch

Noon Closing Remarks

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Yampa Valley Regional Airport OR Steamboat Springs Airport Tour and Reception

 

Airport Tour of HDN

OR

Airport Tour of SBS

w/Reception

Signup at conference registration table

Exhibitors

  • ADS Pipe
  • ADB Safegate/DBT Transportation
  • Airport Lighting Company
  • Airport Monitoring Systems
  • AirSide Solutions
  • Ameriseal/Grip-Flex
  • Atlantic Aviation
  • AvFuel
  • Bolton & Menk
  • Dibble
  • Eagle/Myslik Inc
  • Hi-Lite Airfield Services
  • Holman Capital Corporation
  • Musco Lighting
  • Ninyo & Moore
  • NV5 Geospatial
  • Oshkosh AeroTech
  • Para-Port
  • Rebel Services LLC
  • Runway Stats
  • Tarmac Technologies
  • Vector
  • Yampa Valley Aviation Hangers

Exhibit & Sponsor

CAOA brings together the largest network of airport and aviation industry professionals. Our past 3 conferences have held consecutive record attendance. This is a great way to reach your audience.

Conference Registration not included with the purchase of an exhibit table, please purchase a separate ticket for each attendee.

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