Grand Canyon Ntl Park Airport
GCN · KGCN · Grand Canyon, Arizona · Coconino County · map
Grand Canyon Ntl Park Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Arizona, 6 miles south of Grand Canyon, Arizona, 6,609 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 8,999 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KGCN · observed 1:54 pm MST (20:54 UTC), 25 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (340°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 8,000 feet
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 42°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.27 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:20 am MST (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am MST (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am MST (18:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 12,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 5:00 pm MST (00:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 12,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGCN 062054Z 34004KT 10SM BKN080 22/06 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02220056 58013
TAF KGCN 061720Z 0618/0718 04007KT P6SM SCT120 FM070000 VRB06KT P6SM FEW120
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GCN · ICAO KGCN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Arizona
- Elevation
- 6,609 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · jun 1 - sep 30 - 6:00 am to 8:00 pm, oct 1 - may 31 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Attended
- October 1 to May 31, every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; June 1 to September 30, every day, 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Las Vegas sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1962
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 8,999 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: localizer and glideslope
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.0 | Canyon |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.3 | Canyon |
| Ground | 121.9 | Canyon |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Canyon |
| Cottonwood and rco | 122.3 | Cottonwood · Communications provided by prescott radio on frequency 122.3 (cottonwood rco). |
| Seligman and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.85 | Canyon |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 928-638-0672.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Grand Canyon from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Grand Canyon, Arizona: 3 piston singles. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Arizona.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 44 since 1982, 10 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- When the control tower closed activate PAPI runway 21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Overnight parking and commercial landing fee.
- Lighted dstc rmng signs east side.
- Condors in the vicinity of airport.
- Nmrs air tax operations in the vicinity of Grand Canyon; see spl notices Grand Canyon spl flight rules area.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index B 24 hour prior permission required - amgr.
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 5, 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.