Grand Canyon National Park Airport
Grand Canyon National Park Airport
Grand Canyon National Park Airport (IATA: GCN, ICAO: KGCN, FAA LID: GCN) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Tusayan, CDP in unincorporated Coconino County, Arizona, United States. It is near Grand Canyon National Park, 1 mile (0.87 nmi; 1.6 km) from the South Rim entrance of the Grand Canyon. The airport is primarily used for scenic tours and charter flights. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 294,436 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008 and 354,624 enplanements in 2007. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–13, it is categorized as commercial service – primary.
Location
35.952°N, 112.147°O · 2.014 m s. n. m. (6.609 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 5 Official publication
Tower
Ground
ATIS (automatic information)
Approach
UNICOM
Frequencies from the official publication: FAA NASR, AIRAC 01 OCT 2026, checked on Oct 16, 2026. They change with each amendment: not for navigation without checking the current AIP. See the official publication In MHz.
History
The site of the first official Grand Canyon Airport was a landing field authorized by the United States Forest Service and opened for commercial flights in 1928. It operated from 1928 to 1965 near Red Butte, in Coconino County, Arizona. The first airport was located 7.6 miles southwest of the present airport. The new airport first opened for business in October 1965. The new airport terminal was completed and formally dedicated on October 20, 1967.
Today, the airport is the fourth most active air carrier airport in Arizona, following Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Tucson International Airport, and Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. A number of air tour and commuter air carriers serve the airport.
The airport announced it would be temporarily closing in summer 2025 for a runway rehabilitation project.
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BibTeX
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