Arizona, United States
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Grand Canyon National Park Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Tusayan, a CDP in unincorporated Coconino County, Arizona, United States.

It is near Grand Canyon National Park, seven miles (11 km) from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. The airport is primarily used for scenic tours and charter flights, but there is scheduled commercial service. 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 2009–2013, it is categorized as commercial service - primary.

Grand Canyon National Park Airport covers an area of 859 acres (348 ha) at an elevation of 6,609 feet (2,014 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 8,999 by 150 feet (2,743 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2010, the airport had 91,695 aircraft operations, an average of 251 per day: 95% air taxi, 4% general aviation, <1% scheduled commercial, and <1% military. At that time there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: 12% single-engine, 12% multi-engine and 76% helicopter.

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