Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 4,830 ft / 1,472 m 5,129 1,563 Elevation 1,472 m Owner Yavapai County, Arizona | Location Sedona, Arizona 3/21 5,129 Code SDX Phone +1 928-351-1000 | |
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Address Coconino National Forest, 1200 Airport Rd, Sedona, AZ 86336, USA Similar Chapel of the Holy Cross, Red Rock State Park, Bell Rock, Slide Rock State Park, Oak Creek Canyon | ||
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Sedona Airport (IATA: SDX, ICAO: KSEZ, FAA LID: SEZ) is a small non-towered airport located two miles (3 km) southwest of the central business district of Sedona, a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The airport covers 220 acres (89 ha) and has one runway and one helipad.
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- Landing at sedona airport
- Sedona airport ksez cirrus sr22t landing runway 21
- History
- Accidents and Incidents
- References
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Sedona Airport is assigned SEZ by the FAA and SDX by the IATA (which assigned SEZ to Seychelles International Airport in Mahé, Seychelles).
Sedona is a very popular destination among Arizona tourists, especially with those who are interested in the New Age movement or those seeking to be close to nature. The airport is located on top of a high mesa overlooking a major portion of the city; it is not uncommon for tourists or locals driving around downtown Sedona to see an approaching airplane fly overhead and then suddenly disappear into the mountains without ever appearing to land. The airport is also located very close to the Red Rocks of Sedona.
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History
The airport was inaugurated in 1955. At that time it had no paved runway, and animals such as coyotes could be seen walking around the air-strip. This proved dangerous to pilots arriving at Sedona. By 1960, a small, paved runway had been built, practically eliminating the animal problem.
By 1990, the airport's runway had been improved and it had begun to receive service from some small scheduled airlines. It was the hub of Air Sedona, which served it from such places as Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Las Vegas, the nearby Grand Canyon airport and others. Sedona's airport is not able to accommodate commercial jets of the size of the Boeing 727 or larger. It does, however, attract a large number of smaller business jets and aircraft such as Cessna and Beech airplanes and helicopters.
Scenic Airlines discontinued service at Sedona in April 1997.
Accidents and Incidents
Former two time Olympic distance runner Pat Porter, his 15-year-old son Connor and a friend of his son, 14-year-old Connor Mantsch, died when their airplane, a Beechcraft Duke piloted by Porter, crashed after takeoff from the airport, on Thursday, July 26, 2012.