Falcon Field
FFZ · KFFZ · Mesa, Arizona · Maricopa County · map
Falcon Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Mesa, 5 miles northeast of Mesa, Arizona, 1,394 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04R/22L, is 5,100 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 638 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 31 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 401,078 takeoffs and landings a year. About 17 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Falcon Field?
Its FAA code is FFZ, and its ICAO code is KFFZ.
Where is Falcon Field?
It is 5 miles northeast of Mesa, Arizona, 1,394 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Falcon Field?
The longest of its 2 runways, 04R/22L, is 5,100 feet long.
Does Falcon Field have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Falcon Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive.
Are there flight schools at Falcon Field?
13 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Cae Aviation Academy Phoenix LLC and Swaz Aviation LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Falcon Field?
43 pilot examiners and 16 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Falcon Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FFZ · ICAO KFFZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Mesa
- Elevation
- 1,394 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,308 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · may 15-aug 15 5:30 am to 9:00 pm, aug 16-may14 6:00 am to 9:00 pm.
- Attended
- August 16 to May 14, Friday to Sunday, 5:30 am to 4:00 pm; August 16 to May 14, Monday to THUR, 5:30 am to 6:00 pm; May 15 to August 15, Friday to Sunday, 5:00 am to 3:30 pm; May 15 to August 15, Monday to THUR, 5:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04R/22L | 5,100 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04L/22R | 3,799 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04R: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 8 ft high 420 ft from the end
- Runway 22L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 04L: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 22R: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.6 | Falcon |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.25 | Falcon |
| Ground | 121.3 | Falcon |
| Approach and departure · Dsert and star | 120.7 | Falcon |
| Blythe and star · Sunss and star | 124.1 | Falcon |
| Huuty and star | 124.9 | Falcon |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 480-641-4111.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Mesa Gateway Airport (10 nm south), Chandler Municipal (12 nm south), Scottsdale Airport (13 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Arizona · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 04L/22R; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. When the control tower closed medium-intensity runway lights runway 04L/22R NA; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04R/22L; taxiway lights preset low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude for light aircraft 1006 feet above ground level; pattern altitude for large and TURBINE-POWERED aircraft 1506 feet above ground level; pattern altitude 506 feet above ground level for rotorcraft.
- Saf.
- Closed when the control tower closed. 150 feet an X 95 feet blast pads available.
- Right traffic when the control tower closed or runway 4L/22R is closed.
- Runway 04L calm wind runway.
- PAPI runway 22L does not provide obstruction clnc beyond 4 NM from threshold.
- 2786 feet above sea level unlighted MT 5 MI east. Rising trrn northeast.
- Turb psbl below 500 feet near test site 1.5 MI north.
- Terminal apron lmtd to 45000 LB gross weight single wheel or 75000 LB gross weight dual wheel.
- Fixed wing and rotorcraft training, birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Noise abatement procedure in effect; quiet hour 0500-1230Z; runway 04L and 04R preffered; tgl 0500-1230Z NA; clmb at very until 2400 feet above sea level; mntn traffic pattern 3/4 MI from runway end.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 516 |
| multi-engine | 76 |
| jets | 8 |
| helicopters | 37 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 401,078, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 8 |
| air taxi and commuter | 76,866 |
| general aviation, travelling | 78,294 |
| general aviation, local | 244,633 |
| military | 1,277 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Mesa from the FAA register
714 aircraft are registered to owners in Mesa, Arizona: 500 piston singles, 47 business jets, 46 helicopters, 44 piston twins, 25 drones. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Arizona.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles (12 nearest of 13, all in Arizona):
- Cae Aviation Academy Phoenix LLC 56 aircraft · Mesa
- Swaz Aviation LLC 22 aircraft · Mesa SWAZ Aviation operates an aircraft rental fleet and provides pilot training at Falcon Field Airport (KFFZ) in Mesa, Arizona.
- Red Rock Flying School LLC 12 aircraft · Mesa Red Rock Flight School is a family-owned flight school in Mesa, Arizona offering one-on-one flight instruction for private pilot licenses, instrument ratings, commercial pilot licenses, multi-engine ratings, certified flight instructor cert
- Simplifly LLC 8 aircraft · Mesa SimpliFly Flight School is a flight training organization based in Mesa, Arizona at Falcon Field Airport.
- Phoenix Flyers INC 4 aircraft · Mesa Phoenix Flyers is a member-owned flying club established in 1958 in Phoenix, Arizona.
- Cae Oxford Aviation Academy Phoenix INC 3 aircraft · Mesa
- Falcon Flying Club 2 aircraft · Mesa VARS is a flying club at Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona, with a membership capped at 15 pilots.
- Cherokee 9641J Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Mesa Cherokee Flyers Aeroclub is a Part 61 flying club founded in 1999 by Piper employees, based at Deer Valley Airport (KVRB) in Mesa, Arizona.
- Full Rudder Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Mesa
- Avra Valley Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · Gilbert, 10 miles away Avra Valley Flyers is an aircraft rental company located at Marana Regional Airport in Arizona.
- Cirrus Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Gilbert, 10 miles away
- Flight Stars Az LLC 6 aircraft · Tempe, 13 miles away Flight Stars is a flight training school based at Falcon Field Airport in Mesa, Arizona.
Charter operators and airlines based in Mesa:
- Arizona Heliservices Inc. 4 aircraft on the certificate
- Falcon Executive Aviation, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Mesa (12 of 28, all of them):
- Able Aerospace Services INC
- Air Methods LLC
- Aircraft Inspection & Management, LLC
- Aircraft Maintenance Partners, LLC
- Arizona Aerosystems LLC
- Arizona Aircraft Interior Design INC Arizona Aircraft Interior Designs, Inc.
- Avfab Aero LLC
- Avionics of Central Arizona, LLC. Chandler Avionics is an FAA Certified Repair Station located at Chandler Municipal Airport in Arizona.
- Cae Oxford Aviation Academy Phoenix INC
- Core Parts LLC Core Parts LLC is an FAA-certified Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) holder and repair station that supplies aftermarket engine components for PT6 and JT15D turbine engines used in aviation.
- Embraer Executive Jet Services LLC
- Eti US Acquisition LLC.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
43 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 42 for private pilot, 39 for commercial and instrument, 12 for airline transport pilot, 25 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 36 for airplanes, 22 for multi-engine airplanes, 5 for helicopters, 2 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 7 sport aviation examiners, 16 aviation medical examiners, 7 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 9 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 23 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 7 training center evaluators, 24 aircrew program designees, 4 training center examiners, 10 administrative pilot examiners.
- Ben York private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Wings Of Flight Foundation · Mesa, AZ (0 nm) · (480) 236-4634 · [email protected]
- Charles Robert Bornstein private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · FLIGHT STARS · Mesa, AZ (0 nm) · (602) 757-7762 · [email protected]
- Christian Ikaika Olsen private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Mesa, AZ (0 nm) · (480) 206-9612 · [email protected]
- Craig Albert Sossi private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Mesa, AZ (0 nm) · (571) 758-7058 · [email protected]
- Deanna Rae Dyk private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · Venture West Aviation · Mesa, AZ (0 nm) · (970) 250-3339 · [email protected]
- Henry Curtis Brunjes private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mesa, AZ (0 nm) · (480) 409-9000 · [email protected]
- Jacob Andrew Hansen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · CAE Oxford Aviation Academy · Mesa, AZ (0 nm) · (623) 980-9524 · [email protected]
- Jerod Brandon Bybee private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Mesa, AZ (0 nm) · (480) 648-7601 · [email protected]
All 158 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 111 since 1982, 10 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Mesa 714 aircraft · 500 piston singles, 47 business jets, 46 helicopters
- Cae Aviation Academy Phoenix LLC 55 aircraft in town
- Top Aces CORP 32 aircraft in town
- Swaz Aviation LLC 21 aircraft in town
- MD Helicopters LLC 20 aircraft in town
- Arizona Heliservices Inc. 4 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Falcon Executive Aviation, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Cae Aviation Academy Phoenix LLC 56 aircraft · flight school
- Swaz Aviation LLC 22 aircraft · flight school
- Red Rock Flying School LLC 12 aircraft · flight school
- Able Aerospace Services INC · repair station
- Air Methods LLC · repair station
- Aircraft Inspection & Management, LLC · repair station
- Aircraft Maintenance Partners, LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 111 since 1982 · 10 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Arizona 2,983 since 1982 · 466 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Arizona 77 landing places
- Arizona 8,415 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FFZ.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.