Grand Canyon West Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Mohave County, Arizona}}

{{redirect|1g4|the chess opening|Grob's Attack}}

{{Other uses|Grand Canyon Airport (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Grand Canyon West Airport

| image = Grand Canyon West Airport.jpg

| IATA = GCW

| ICAO =

| FAA = 1G4

| type = Public

| owner = The Hualapai Indian Tribe

| operator =

| city-served = Grand Canyon West

| location = {{convert|60|mi|km}} northwest of Peach Springs, Arizona

| elevation-f = 4,825

| elevation-m = 1,471

| coordinates = {{coord|35|59|25|N|113|48|59|W|type:airport|display=inline}}

| website =

| pushpin_map = USA Arizona#USA

| pushpin_map_caption =

| pushpin_label = GCW

| pushpin_label_position = right

| r1-number = 17/35

| r1-length-f = 5,000

| r1-length-m = 1,524

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2022

| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (year ending 6/10/2022)

| stat1-data = 12,917

| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=1G4|use=PU|own=PU|site=00749.*A}}, effective 2023-08-10

}}

Grand Canyon West Airport {{Airport codes|GCW||1G4}} is a public airport {{convert|60|mi|nmi km|lk=on}} northwest of Peach Springs, in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is owned and operated by the Hualapai tribe and is on the Hualapai Indian Reservation.

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 137,771 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/preliminary-cy2017-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf|title=Enplanements at All Commercial Service Airports (by Rank) (PDF)|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=15 October 2013}} The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011 classified it as commercial service - primary because it has over 10,000 passenger boardings per year.[http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011]

Facilities

Grand Canyon West Airport covers {{convert|350|acre|ha}}. It has one runway:

  • 17/35 measuring {{cvt|5000|x|75|ft}}, asphalt

In the year ending June 10, 2022 the airport had 12,917 aircraft operations, average 35 per day: 99% air taxi, and 1% general aviation.

Airline and destination

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{{Airport destination list

|Grand Canyon Airlines|Charter: Boulder City

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See also

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