Payson Airport
Payson Airport is a public airport located west of the central business district of Payson, a town in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The airport covers and has one runway and one helipad. It is mostly used for general aviation, and is host to a number of fire-fighting aircraft during the summer fire season.Facilities
Payson Airport covers an area of which contains one asphalt paved runway, and one concrete helipad:
- Runway 6/24 measuring 5,504 x 75 ft
- Helipad 1 measuring 50 x 50 ft
The airport does not have an air traffic control tower.
For the period ending 27, April 2011, the airport had 41,245 operations at an average of 113 a day. 60% transient general aviation, 36% local general aviation, 4% air taxi and <1% military.
Payson Aviation is the main provider of fixed-based operations.
Payson Air also provides some services such as aircraft maintenance. They are the airport's only flight training school.
Aircraft
There are 35 aircraft based on the field. These aircraft include 30 single-engine, 3 multi-engine and 2 ultra-light gliders.
