Payson Airport



Payson Airport is a public airport located 1 mi west of the central business district of Payson, a town in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The airport covers 80 acre 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 80 acre which contains one asphalt paved runway, and one concrete helipad:


 * Runway 6/24 measuring 5,504 x 75 ft (1,678 x 23 m)
 * Helipad 1 (H1) measuring 50 x 50 ft (15 x 15 m)

The airport does not have an air traffic control tower.

For the period ending May 10, 2022, the airport had 34,250 operations at an average of 94 a day, 93% general aviation, 5% air taxi and 1% military.

Payson Aviation is the main provider of fixed-base operations. Payson Air also provides some services such as aircraft maintenance. They are the airport's only flight training school.

Aircraft


In May 2022, there were 40 aircraft based on the field. These include 37 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, 1 ultra-light, and 1 glider.