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Airport type
  
Public

3/21
  
8,501

Elevation
  
295 m

Owner
  
Phoenix

Elevation AMSL
  
971 ft / 296 m

Code
  
GYR

Phone
  
+1 623-932-4550

Serves
  
Phoenix

Phoenix Goodyear Airport

Location
  
Goodyear, Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Hub for
  
CTC Aviation Lufthansa Flight Training German Air Force KLM Flight Academy CTC Aviation

Website
  
phoenix.gov/goodyearairport/

Address
  
1658 S Litchfield Rd, Goodyear, AZ 85338, USA

Similar
  
Glendale Municipal Airport, Goodyear Ballpark, Luke Air Force Base, Goodyear Municipal Court, Residence Inn by Marriott P

Phoenix goodyear airport boneyard


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.

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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. 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. The airport is, however, a major keep and maintenance spot, and the aircraft of many airlines, both domestic and international, can be spotted there.

Phoenix-Goodyear Airport is a Superfund site due to a number of soil and groundwater contaminants from its time as a military installation.

Airplane boneyard storage at phoenix goodyear airport august 2013


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).

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.

Resident companies

The airfield is home to several 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 Air Force student pilots is also conducted in G 120A aircraft.
  • Oxford Aviation Academy (OAA) is the US name for Oxford Aviation Academy, a British company specializing in training airline pilots for United Kingdom, British Airways and European airlines. OAA moved to Falcon Field in October 2013 and is no longer based at KGYR.

    • 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 CTC Wings aviation academy started to use the airport as training facility in addition to its center in Hamilton, New Zealand.

    References

    Phoenix Goodyear Airport Wikipedia
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