Phoenix Goodyear Airport

IATA: GYR
ICAO: KGYR
FAA LID: GYR

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner

City of Phoenix

Serves

Phoenix, Arizona

Location

Goodyear, Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Hub for

Elevation AMSL

971 ft / 296 m

Coordinates

33°25′41″N 112°22′28″W / 33.42806°N 112.37444°WCoordinates: 33°25′41″N 112°22′28″W / 33.42806°N 112.37444°W

Website

phoenix.gov/goodyearairport/

Map

GYR

Location in Arizona

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3/21	8,501	2,592	Asphalt

Helipads

Number	Length		Surface
Number	ft	m	Surface
H1	64	20	Concrete

Statistics (2012)

Aircraft operations	137,253
Based aircraft	223

Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Aircraft operations	137,253
Based aircraft	223

Phoenix Goodyear Airport (IATA: GYR, ICAO: KGYR, FAA LID: GYR) (formerly Goodyear Municipal Airport) is a public airport a mile southwest of Goodyear, in Maricopa County, Phoenix, Arizona.

It was built during World War II as a naval air facility, NAF Litchfield Park, then upgraded to naval air station status and renamed NAS Litchfield Park. Its primary role after the end of World War II was storage and preservation of obsolete or excess U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard aircraft. In 1968, all Department of Defense and U.S. Coast Guard aircraft preservation and storage was consolidated at the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center (MASDC) at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson and NAS Litchfield Park was slated for closure.

Following the closure of NAS Litchfield Park in 1968, the city of Phoenix purchased the airport as a general aviation reliever airport for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The airport is not served by any airlines. The airport is, however, a major keep and maintenance spot, and the aircraft of many airlines, both domestic and international, can be spotted there.

Phoenix-Goodyear Airport is a Superfund site due to a number of soil and groundwater contaminants from its time as a military installation.

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