Ryan Airfield

Ryan Airfield (former Ryan Army Airfield)
USGS 2006 orthophoto
IATA: none ICAO: KRYN FAA LID: RYN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Tucson
Operator	Tucson Airport Authority
Serves	Tucson, Arizona
Location	Pima County, Arizona
Elevation AMSL	2,419 ft / 737 m
Coordinates	32°08′32″N 111°10′28″W / 32.14222°N 111.17444°W / 32.14222; -111.17444Coordinates: 32°08′32″N 111°10′28″W / 32.14222°N 111.17444°W / 32.14222; -111.17444
Map
RYN Location of airport in Arizona
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 6R/24L 5,503 1,677 Asphalt 6L/24R 4,900 1,494 Asphalt 15/33 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 159,806 Based aircraft 192
Sources: Airport website,FAA

Ryan Airfield (ICAO: KRYN, FAA LID: RYN), also known as Ryan Field, is a city owned, public use airport located 10 nautical miles (12 mi, 19 km) southwest of the central business district of Tucson, a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a reliever airport. It is mostly used for general aviation but also serves a significant amount of law enforcement and military helicopter activity. Approximately 50% of Ryan's traffic is training-related.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RYN by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned RYN to Royan - Médis Airport in Royan, France). The airport's ICAO identifier is KRYN.

Ryan was built by the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 as a site for primary flight training. Military flight training at Ryan ceased in 1944 and the property was conveyed to the State of Arizona in 1948. Currently owned by the City of Tucson, Ryan is operated by the Tucson Airport Authority under an agreement which expires in 2054.