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This is a list of airports in Arizona (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Show Low Regional Airport (IATA: SOW [2], ICAO: KSOW, FAA LID: SOW) is 2 miles (1.7 nmi; 3.2 km) east of Show Low, in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. [1] It is used for general aviation and commercial services provided by Southern Airways Express which is subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $1,672,000(per year). [3]
Arizona Airways also served the city in the late 1940s and merged to become Frontier Airlines (1950–1986) in 1950. Frontier served Winslow as one of many stops along a Denver to Phoenix route as well as an Albuquerque to Phoenix route using Douglas DC-3 and later upgrading to Convair 340 and Convair 580 aircraft.
Flagstaff was served in the late 1940s by Arizona Airways, which merged into Frontier Airlines in 1950. Douglas DC-3 and Convair 340 prop aircraft as well as Convair 580 turboprops were operated on flights to Phoenix as well as direct, no change of plane service to Denver via Gallup, New Mexico, Farmington, New Mexico and Durango, Colorado.
In 1981, Eastern Airlines was operating direct Airbus A300 wide-body service to Atlanta via an en-route stop in Phoenix. [10] In the late 1980s American was flying Boeing 767-200s nonstop to Dallas/Ft. Worth. [11] The DC-10, A300, and 767 were the largest airliners ever to serve Tucson on scheduled passenger flights.
The original Frontier Airlines (1950–1986) briefly served Bisbee/Douglas in the early 1950s using DC-3s on flights to Phoenix, stopping at Nogales and Tucson, Arizona. Apache Airlines service ended in 1970 and was followed by Cochise Airlines which served the airport from 1971 through 1975 using de Havilland Twin Otters.
For the period ending May 10, 2022, the airport had 34,250 operations at an average of 94 a day, 93% general aviation, 5% air taxi and 1% military. [2] Payson Aviation is the main provider of fixed-base operations. Payson Air also provides some services such as aircraft maintenance. They are the airport's only flight training school.
Lake Havasu City Airport covers an area of 646 acres (261 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway: . 14/32 measuring 8,000 x 100 ft (2,438 x 30 m) [1] For the 12-month period ending May 16, 2022, the airport had 52,900 aircraft operations, an average of 145 per day: 92% general aviation, 4% air taxi and 4% military.