Mesa Gateway Airport
IWA · KIWA · Phoenix, Arizona · Maricopa County · map
Mesa Gateway Airport is a public-use airport, 20 miles southeast of Phoenix, Arizona, 1,384 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 12R/30L, is 10,401 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KIWA · observed 12:50 pm MST (19:50 UTC), 46 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (340°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 10,000 feet
- Temperature 95°F (35°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 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 east at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 13,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 3:00 pm MST (22:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 14,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm MST (04:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 14,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KIWA 061950Z 34007KT 10SM FEW100 35/12 A2993
TAF KIWA 061720Z 0618/0718 10006KT P6SM FEW130 FM062200 30006KT P6SM FEW140 FM070400 11006KT P6SM FEW140
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 IWA · ICAO KIWA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,384 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,218 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 5:00 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1993
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12R/30L | 10,401 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12C/30C | 10,201 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 12L/30R | 9,300 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 12R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 30L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 12C: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 30C: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 12L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 30R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.6 | Gateway |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Iwa and aWOS-3 | 133.5 | Gateway |
| Clearance delivery | 135.05 | Gateway |
| Ground | 128.25 | Gateway |
| Approach and departure · Huuty and star | 124.9 | Gateway |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Gateway |
| Dsert and star | 120.7 | Gateway |
| Blythe and star · Sunss and star | 124.1 | Gateway |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 480-988-9428.
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 Phoenix from the FAA register
993 aircraft are registered to owners in Phoenix, Arizona: 603 piston singles, 76 business jets, 70 piston twins, 61 balloons, 57 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Arizona.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 28 since 1982, 1 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 lights on continuously.
- U.S. gov owned, non revenue and flight training up to 12500 LB landing fee NA.
- Pattern altitude fixed wing 1218 feet above ground level, jet 1718 feet above ground level, rotorcraft 718 feet above ground level.
- Sport field lighting east of approach.
- Wildlife in the vicinity of airport.
- Noise abatement procedure in effect; avoid low ovr flight of noise sensitive areas srndg airport.
- Taxiway Y restricted to wingspan less than 79 feet.
- 7 feet fence south portion of taxiway west apron.
- Large/hvy inboard engine tax only.
- Non emergency AV-8 model operations lmtd to runway 12L/30R.
- 24 hour prior permission required for unscheduled air carrier gtr than 30 passenger seats - airport operations.
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.