- Phoenix Goodyear Airport
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Phoenix Goodyear Airport 
IATA: GYR – ICAO: KGYR – FAA LID: 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°N 112.37444°W Website Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 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 was originally constructed during World War II as a naval air facility known as NAF Litchfield Park, then upgraded to naval air station status and renamed NAS Litchfield Park. Its primary role following the end of World War II was that of storage and preservation of obsolete or excess U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard aircraft. In 1968, all Department of Defense and U.S. Coast Guard aircraft preservation and storage was consolidated at the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center (MASDC) at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson and NAS Litchfield Park was slated for closure.
Following the closure of NAS Litchfield Park in 1968, the city of Phoenix purchased the airport as a general aviation reliever airport for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The airport is not served by any commercial airlines at this time.[citation needed]
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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 188,136 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]
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.
References
External links
- Phoenix Goodyear Airport (official site)
- Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR) at Arizona DOT airport directory
- [1] (FAA Statistical Data)
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective 20 October 2011
- FAA Terminal Procedures for GYR, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KGYR
- ASN accident history for GYR
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KGYR
Categories:- Aircraft boneyards
- Airports in Maricopa County, Arizona
- Superfund sites
- Closed facilities of the United States Navy
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