A CE750 FLC MISREADS THEIR APCH CHART FOR A STRAIGHT-IN APCH TO RWY 15 AND END UP MAKING A CIRCLING VISUAL APCH TO THE SAME RWY AT ASE; CO.

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WE WERE ON THE VOR GPS C APCH TO RWY 15; ASPEN; CO. EVEN THOUGH THE ARPT WAS VFR; THERE WAS A CLOUD LAYER THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH A SUCCESSFUL VISUAL APCH. WE SHOT THE APCH AT 134 KTS; BROKE OUT AT APPROX 10000 FT; CIRCLED OVERHEAD THE ARPT AND LANDED ON RWY 15. WE GOT TO THE FBO AND HAD 2 CONCERNS. AFTER TALKING WITH A COMPANY PROGRAM MGR THE CAPT WAS TOLD WE ARE NOT TO PERFORM THE APCH IF WE CANNOT GO VISUAL AT 12200 FT OVER THE FAF; ALSO THAT THE APCH WAS A STRAIGHT-IN APCH DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE RWY COURSE AND THE APCH COURSE ARE WITHIN 18 DEGS OF EACH OTHER. WE SIMPLY LOOKED AT THE PLATE INCORRECTLY. THE CAPT AND I DISCUSSED OUR CONCERNS THOROUGHLY AND WE AGREED THAT IF THE APCH PLATE HAD 'N/A' IN THE STRAIGHT-IN MINIMUMS BOX WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT IT WAS A CIRCLING APCH ONLY. WE ALSO AGREED THAT IF WE WEREN'T SO CONCERNED WITH LOOKING FOR ALL OF THE LITTLE 'TRAPS' AND AN ARPT SUCH AS ASPEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED THE OBVIOUS. WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE ISSUE OF OUR COMPANY POLICY AND EVEN THOUGH THE NIGHT BEFORE EVERYTHING WAS RESEARCHED PERTAINING TO ASPEN; INCLUDING A CALL TO THE COMPANY PROGRAM MGR; WE MISSED THE PROCEDURAL LIMITATION OF GOING VFR AT THE FAF AT 12200 FT. WE FEEL THAT IF THIS COMPANY LIMITATION WERE WITH THE APCH PLATES WE WOULD HAVE DISCOVERED IT ALONG WITH THE COMPANY PROGRAM MGR. WE PERFORMED THE APCH SUCCESSFULLY AFTER RESEARCHING AND DISCUSSING IT THOROUGHLY; HOWEVER; WE DID FEEL IT WAS BEST TO TELL YOUR AGENCY OF OUR CONCERNS.