Benson Municipal Airport (Arizona)


Benson Municipal Airport is a public use airport located northwest of the central business district of Benson, a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States and east of Tucson International Airport. The airport was opened in November 1999.
Although Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA, IATA, and ICAO 'Benson Municipal Airport is only assigned E95 by the FAA.

Facilities and aircraft

Benson Municipal Airport covers an area of at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway:
For the 12-month period ending April 15, 2017, the airport had 24,400 aircraft operations, an average of 67 per day: 92% general aviation, and 2% military. At that time there were 38 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine, 5% ultralight, 3% multi-engine, 5% jet, and 3% helicopters.

Car of the Month

In 2012 the 1955 Dodge Coronet Airport Courtesy Car at Benson Municipal provided by FBO: was named Airport Car of the Month for June by EAA Sport Aviation Magazine.