Scottsdale Airport

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Coordinates: 33°37′22″N 111°54′38″W / 33.62278, -111.91056

Scottsdale Airport
FAA airport diagram
IATA: SCF – ICAO: KSDL – FAA: SDL
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Scottsdale
Location		Scottsdale, Arizona
Elevation AMSL		1,510 ft / 460 m
Website		www.ci.scottsdale.az.us/airport/
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3/21	8,249	2,514	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			224,684
Based aircraft			471
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Scottsdale Airport (IATA: SCF, ICAO: KSDL, FAA LID: SDL) is a city-owned public-use airport located nine miles (14 km) north of the central business district of Scottsdale, a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.^[1] Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Scottsdale Airport is assigned SDL by the FAA and SCF by the IATA (which assigned SDL to Midlanda Airport in Sundsvall, Sweden).^[2]^[3]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 4,798 passenger boardings (or enplanements) in calendar year 2005 and 266 enplanements in 2006.^[4] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, Scottsdale was designated as a reliever airport, which is a general aviation airport that may be used to relieve congestion at a large commercial service airport.^[5]

It is one of the busiest single-runway facilities in the nation, with approximately 202,000 operations in 2004. The airport averages approximately 10,000 passengers a year. The airport offers clearance, ground and tower services from 1300Z to 0400Z (6 am to 9 pm local time) daily.^{[citation needed]}

Neighbors complain about aircraft noise around the airport, with over 9,000 complaints being logged in 2004 alone. However, it is unlikely that the airport would close, due to the economic boon it provides for Scottsdale. Also, the land would revert to the Seventh-day Adventist Church (which founded the airport), under the deed that the city of Scottsdale signed with the church to make the airport municipal.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Scottsdale Airport covers an area of 282 acres (114 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (3/21) measuring 8,249 x 100 ft. (2,514 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 224,684 aircraft operations, an average of 615 per day: 95% general aviation, 5% air taxi and <1% military. There are 471 aircraft based at this airport: 59% single engine, 19% multi-engine, 20% jet aircraft and 2% helicopters.^[1]

FBOs include the Scottsdale Air Center and Landmark Aviation (formerly Corporate Jets). Rural/Metro fire department has a facility located midfield adjacent to the tower.