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Phoenix Goodyear Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Phoenix
ServesPhoenix, Arizona
LocationGoodyear, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Hub for
Elevation AMSL971 ft / 296 m
Websitephoenix.gov/goodyearairport/
Map
GYR is located in Arizona
GYR
GYR
Location in Arizona
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 8,501 2,592 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 64 20 Concrete
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations137,253
Based aircraft223

Phoenix Goodyear Airport (IATA: GYR, ICAO: KGYR, FAA LID: GYR) (formerly Goodyear Municipal Airport) is a public airport a mile southwest of Goodyear, in Maricopa County, Phoenix, Arizona.[1]

It was built during World War II as a naval air facility, NAF Litchfield Park, then upgraded to naval air station status and renamed NAS Litchfield Park. Its primary role after the end of World War II was storage and preservation of obsolete or excess U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard aircraft.[2] 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 airlines.

Seen from Piper PA-28 Warrior of Oxford Aviation Academy taxiing on taxiway A towards the main parking, during night rating

It is a Superfund site due to a number of soil and groundwater contaminants from its time as a military installation.

NAS Litchfield Park

  • Aerial view in 1950
    Aerial view in 1950
  • Different aircraft types stored in 1959
    Different aircraft types stored in 1959
  • SNJs at Litchfield Park in 1960
    SNJs at Litchfield Park in 1960
  • FJ-4F in 1960
    FJ-4F in 1960
  • AJ-2 in the 1960s
    AJ-2 in the 1960s
  • VNAF A-1H in 1961
    VNAF A-1H in 1961
Seen from Lufthansa's ramp looking north, the Commercial parking and the OAA parking

Facilities

Phoenix Goodyear Airport covers 789 acres (319 ha); it has one asphalt runway, 3/21, which is 8,501 x 150 ft (2,591 x 46 m), and one concrete helipad, H1, which is 64 x 64 ft (20 x 20 m).[1]

In 2007 the airport had 188,136 aircraft operations, average 515 per day: 93% general aviation, <1% airline, 5% military and 1% air taxi. 223 aircraft are based at the airport: 73% single engine, 11% multi-engine, 16% jet and <1% helicopters.[1]

Flags of training centers based at Phoenix Goodyear Airport (Oxford Aviation Academy & Lufthansa Flight Training)
A PA34 of Oxford Aviation Academy at Seneca's ramp
A Lufthansa Flight Training Bonanza 33.

Resident companies

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

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

From 2014 even CTC Wings aviation academy uses the airport as training facility in addition to its center in Hamilton, New Zealand. CTC is a British flight training organisation that provides freshly trained airline pilots to numerous airlines throughout the world, mainly within the United Kingdom, most notably EasyJet, and also including British Airways, Qatar, Flybe, Thomson, Thomas Cook, and Monarch Airlines amongst others.

Operational Statistics

seen from apron, Oxford Aviation Academy's airplanes Piper PA-28 Warrior
A Piper PA-28 Warrior of Oxford Aviation Academy
Type of Operation Number
Single Engine Aircraft Based on Field: 196
Multi-Engine Aircraft Based on Field: 17
Annual Commercial Operations: 147
Jet Aircraft Based on Field: 2
Annual Commuter Operations: none
Helicopters Based on Field: 2
Annual Air Taxi Operations: 313
Military Aircraft Based on Field: 6
Annual Military Operations: 4228
Gliders Based on Field: none
Annual GA Local Operations: 79391
Ultralights Based on Field: none
Annual GA Itinerant Operations: 53174

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for GYR PDF, effective 2007-07-05
  2. ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/45586426@N06/galleries/72157627638783878/
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