Chandler Municipal Airport

Chandler Municipal Airport is in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, 3 mi southeast of Chandler, which owns it. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.

Chandler Municipal is one of the nation’s 50 busiest general aviation airports. It adds to Arizona's economy by bringing in more than $53 million annually. No airlines operate out of Chandler and none plan to in the near future.

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Chandler Municipal is CHD to the FAA and has no IATA code (IATA had assigned CHD to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in nearby Mesa, Arizona – since redesignated by the IATA as AZA).

Facilities
The airport covers 550 acre at an elevation of 1243 ft. It has two asphalt runways:


 * 4L/22R measuring 4401 x
 * 4R/22L measuring 4870 x

It has one concrete helipad:


 * H1 measuring 100 x

The airport has built and improved a heliport facility, airport signage, and aircraft parking space by 10 acres with 90 tie-down spaces. These improvements were made over six years and cost about $7 million. The privately owned parking spaces are at 100% capacity. Affiliated Property Management is the company/HOA that controls the privately owned hangars.

In the year ending April 25, 2011, the airport had 161,750 aircraft operations, an average of 443 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and <1% military. 333 aircraft were then based at the airport: 86% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 3% helicopter, 1% jet, and 1% ultralight.

Operations data (takeoffs or landings):


 * 2004: 233,219
 * 2005: 227,150
 * 2006: 268,093
 * 2007: 260,636
 * 2008: 254,267
 * 2009: 205,771

2021 mid-air collision
In 2021, a aerial collision between two aircraft over Chandler occurred. A Piper PA-28-181 Archer II on a training flight collided with a Robinson R22 near Phoenix. The crash occurred at 07:30 local time.

The Piper PA-28-181 Archer II landed safely with damage to its landing gear. The Robinson R22 crashed and burst into flames.