Falcon Field (Arizona)

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 AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=FFZ|use=PU|own=PU|site=00729.*A, effective 2007-07-05]
:"For other airports with this name, see Falcon Field".

Falcon Field Airport codes|MSC|KFFZ|FFZ is a public airport located five miles (8 km) northeast of the central 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 on Western 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-17 biplanes and North American Aviation AT-6 Harvard monoplane trainers. The good weather, wide-open desert terrain, and lack of enemy airpower provided significantly safer and more efficient training than was possible in England. 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 of World War II. Since then it has been a civilian airfield, and is now owned and operated by the City of Mesa. The Commemorative 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 runways and two helipads:
* 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: Asphalt

References

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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