Sedona Airport

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Sedona Airport
IATA: SDX - ICAO: KSEZ - FAA: SEZ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Yavapai County
Serves		Sedona, Arizona
Elevation AMSL		4,827 ft (1,472.2 m)
Coordinates		34°50′55″N, 111°47′19″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3/21	5,129	1,563	Asphalt
Helipads
Number	Size		Surface
Number	ft	m	Surface
H1	50	15	Concrete

Sedona Airport (IATA: SDX, ICAO: KSEZ, FAA LID: SEZ) is a small commercial airport located two miles (3 km) southwest of the central business district (CBD) of Sedona, a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. The airport covers 220 acres and has one runway and one helipad.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Sedona Airport is assigned SEZ^[1] by the FAA and SDX^[2] by the IATA (which assigned SEZ to Seychelles International Airport in Mahé, Seychelles^[3]). The airport's ICAO identifier is KSEZ^[2]^[4].

Sedona is a very popular destination among Arizona tourists, specially those who are interested in the New Age movement or those seeking to be close to nature. The airport is located on top of a high mesa overlooking a major portion of the city; it is not uncommon for tourists or locals driving around downtown Sedona to see an approaching airplane fly overhead and then suddenly disappear into the mountains without ever appearing to land. The airport is also located very close to the Red Rocks of Sedona.

1 History
2 Airlines
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

The airport was inaugurated in 1955. At that time it had no paved runway, and animals such as coyotes could be seen walking around the air-strip. This proved dangerous to pilots arriving at Sedona. By 1960, a small, paved runway had been built, practically eliminating the animal residents problem.

By 1990, the airport's runway had been improved and it had begun to receive service from smaller scheduled airlines. It was the hub of Air Sedona, which served it from such places as Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Las Vegas, the nearby Grand Canyon airport and others. Sedona's airport is not able to accommodate commercial jets of the size of the Boeing 727 or larger. It does, however, attract a large number of smaller business jets and aircraft such as Cessna and Beech airplanes and helicopters.