Phoenix Goodyear Airport

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Phoenix Goodyear Airport

IATA: GYR – ICAO: KGYR – FAA: GYR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Phoenix
Serves		Phoenix, Arizona
Location		Goodyear, Arizona
Elevation AMSL		968 ft / 295 m
Coordinates		33°25′25″N 112°22′28″W / 33.42361, -112.37444
Website		phoenix.gov/goodyearairport/
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3/21	8,500	2,591	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			188,015
Based aircraft			198
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Phoenix Goodyear Airport (IATA: GYR, ICAO: KGYR, FAA LID: GYR), formerly known as Goodyear Municipal Airport, is a public airport located one mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Goodyear, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.^[1]

The facility used to be a naval air station and was used for the preservation of aircraft. In 1968, the city of Phoenix purchased the airport as a reliever airport for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The airport is not served by any commercial airlines at this time.

1 Facilities and aircraft
2 Resident companies
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Phoenix Goodyear Airport covers an area of 789 acres (319 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (3/21) measuring 8,500 x 150 ft. (2,591 x 46 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007, the airport had 188,015 aircraft operations, an average of 515 per day: 93% general aviation, <1% scheduled commercial, 5% military and 1% air taxi. There are 198 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single engine, 11% multi-engine, 16% jet aircraft and <1% helicopters.^[1]

[edit] Resident companies

The airfield is home to several private companies offering aircraft maintenance and commercial pilot training:

AeroTurbine, Inc operates a maintenance facility on the airfield which comprises maintenance, storage and disposal. The northern side of the airfield is used for storage and many Boeing 727, Douglas DC-9s and DC-10s are visible from the road as they await their fate.

Airline Training Center Arizona (ATCA) is the training facility for the Lufthansa Flight Training of German Lufthansa Airlines. Basic flight training for German Airforce student pilots is also conducted in G-120 aircraft.

Oxford Aviation Academy (OAA) is the US base for Oxford Aviation Training, a British company specializing in training airline pilots for UK and European airlines.

Both of these flight training schools, while regulated by the FAA and operating under their regulations train students to JAA requirements as required for Europe.