- Falcon Field (Arizona)
Infobox Airport
name = Falcon Field
caption =
IATA = MSC
ICAO = KFFZ
FAA = FFZ
type = Public
owner = City of Mesa
operator =
city-served =
location =Mesa, Arizona
elevation-f = 1,394
elevation-m = 425
website =
r1-number = 4L/22R
r1-length-f = 3,799
r1-length-m = 1,158
r1-surface =Asphalt
r2-number = 4R/22L
r2-length-f = 5,101
r2-length-m = 1,555
r2-surface = Asphalt
h1-number = H1
h1-length-f = 60
h1-length-m = 18
h1-surface = Asphalt
h2-number = H2
h2-length-f = 60
h2-length-m = 18
h2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2005
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 270,084
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 988
footnotes = Source:Federal Aviation Administration FAA-airport|ID=FFZ|use=PU|own=PU|site=00729.*A, effective 2007-07-05] :"For other airports with this name, seeFalcon Field ".Falcon Field Airport codes|MSC|KFFZ|FFZ is a public
airport located five miles (8 km) northeast of thecentral business district of Mesa, a city in Maricopa County,Arizona ,United States . According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, it is categorized as a "reliever airport ". [ [http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011] ]Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter
location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Falcon Field is assigned FFZ by the FAA and MSC by the IATA. [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/MSC Great Circle Mapper: MSC / KFFZ - Mesa, Arizona (Falcon Field)] ]Scheduled service to
Bullhead City onWestern Express Air was discontinued in January 2007. [ [http://www.westernexpressair.com/press.htm Western Air Express: Press Release, January 2007] ]History
Falcon Field was founded in 1941 as a flight training facility for cadets in the British
Royal Air Force . It was operated by an American contractor, using Stearman PT-17biplanes andNorth American Aviation AT-6 Harvardmonoplane trainers. The good weather, wide-open desert terrain, and lack of enemy airpower provided significantly safer and more efficient training than was possible inEngland . Even so, more than two dozen cadets were killed in training and are now buried in the Mesa city cemetery. Several thousand pilots were trained until the RAF installation was closed at the end ofWorld War II . Since then it has been a civilian airfield, and is now owned and operated by the City of Mesa. TheCommemorative Air Force bases its [http://www.arizonawingcaf.com/ Arizona Wing] there, and has a museum on the grounds.Facilities
Falcon Field covers convert|564|acre|ha|0|lk=on and has two
runway s and twohelipad s:
* Runway 4R/22L: 5,101 x 100 ft (1,555 x 30 m), Surface:Asphalt
* Runway 4L/22R: 3,799 x 75 ft (1,159 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
* Helipad H1: 60 x 60 ft (18 x 18 m), Surface: Asphalt
* Helipad H2: 60 x 60 ft (18 x 18 m), Surface: AsphaltReferences
External links
* [http://www.cityofmesa.org/airport/ Falcon Field] at City of Mesa web site
* [http://www.azdot.gov/aviation/airports/airports_list.asp?FAA=FFZ Mesa ~ Falcon Field] at Arizona DOT web site
* [http://www.visitingphx.com/falcon.html Falcon Field] at VisitingPHX.com web site
*WikiMapia|33.4608|-111.7283|14|Falcon Field
* [http://www.t1aviation.com/ Tango One Aviation] ,fixed base operator at Falcon Field
*FAA-diagram|06647
*US-airport-ga|FFZ|MSC
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