Chandler Municipal
CHD · KCHD · Chandler, Arizona · Maricopa County · map
Chandler Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Chandler, 3 miles southeast of Chandler, Arizona, 1,243 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 04R/22L, is 4,870 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 445 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 249,040 takeoffs and landings a year. About 15 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KCHD · observed 7:47 am MST (14:47 UTC), 51 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (180°) at 15 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 2,000 feet, a broken layer at 6,500 feet
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 68°F (20°C)
- Altimeter 29.70 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCHD 111447Z 18015KT 10SM SCT020 BKN065 23/20 A2970
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.
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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.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CHD · ICAO KCHD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Chandler
- Elevation
- 1,243 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,057 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 5:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, 5:00 am to 3:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04R/22L | 4,870 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04L/22R | 4,401 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 100 × 100 ft | Concrete, excellent |
- Runway 04R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 22L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 04L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 22R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower Arrival north &W; Departure runway 04L/22R | 126.1 | Chandler |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 128.325 | Chandler |
| Ground | 124.4 | Chandler |
| Tower Arrival south and east; Departure runway 04R/22L | 133.1 | Chandler |
| Approach and departure | 123.7 | Chandler |
| Dsert and star | 120.7 | Chandler |
| Arlin and star · Blythe and star · Sunss and star | 124.1 | Chandler |
| Huuty and star | 124.9 | Chandler |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 480-814-9952.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 380 |
| multi-engine | 32 |
| jets | 8 |
| helicopters | 23 |
| other | 2 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 249,040, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 3 |
| air taxi and commuter | 26,715 |
| general aviation, travelling | 58,120 |
| general aviation, local | 164,089 |
| military | 113 |
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.
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 Chandler from the FAA register
444 aircraft are registered to owners in Chandler, Arizona: 332 piston singles, 56 helicopters, 13 piston twins, 13 business jets, 8 turboprops. 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A 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
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Stellar Airpark (6 nm west), Mesa Gateway Airport (8 nm east), Falcon Field (12 nm north).
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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Chandler, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Chandler, by their names on the register:
- East Valley Flyers LLC 1 aircraft
Charter operators and airlines based in Chandler:
- PrismJet, LLC 7 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Chandler (12 of 13, all of them):
- Advanced Materials Technologies LLC
- Aviocraft
- Canyon State Inspection INC
- Canyon State Inspection INC
- E&E Aviation
- Earp Aviation Repairs LLC
- Falcon Aviation Services INC
- H.E.R.O.S., LLC
- Irwin International INC
- San Tan Aviation, L.L.C
- Sonic Aerospace INC
- Turbineaero INC
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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.
- Anthony Jack Jobusch private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot; gliders · Chandler, AZ (0 nm) · (480) 272-0797 · flyboyaj@gmail.com
- Clayton Andrew Beckmann private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; helicopters · Quantum Helicopters · Chandler, AZ (0 nm) · (520) 336-7274 · claytonbeckmann@yahoo.com
- Henry Curtis Brunjes private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Stellar Airpark · Chandler, AZ (0 nm) · (480) 409-9000 · curtis.brunjes@gmail.com
- Jeffrey Peter Gerencser private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Chandler, AZ (0 nm) · (480) 650-8390 · jpgerencser@gmail.com
- Jerod Brandon Bybee private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Aeroguard Chandler · Chandler, AZ (0 nm) · (480) 648-7601 · bybeeaviation@gmail.com
- Jordan Brown private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Chandler, AZ (0 nm) · (928) 551-5525 · brown.jordan297@yahoo.com
- Joseph Samuel Sottile private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · JLS Aviation, Inc (Joe Sottile, home office) · Chandler, AZ (0 nm) · (602) 284-6404 · arizonadpe@gmail.com
- Patrick O'Connell private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · AeroGuard-CHD · Chandler, AZ (0 nm) · (760) 983-8490 · oconnellpm@gmail.com
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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 62 since 1982, 1 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When the control tower closed activate PAPI runway 04L, 04R, 22L and 22R; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04R/22L and 04L/22R - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 4R and 22L on continuously.
- Fixed wing - 2300 feet above sea level. Rotorwing - 1900 feet above sea level.
- Runway 4L calm wind runway.
- Runway 4R calm wind runway.
- Short approach NA.
- 85 feet ant 1/4 MI north of threshold.
- Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of of airport.
- Avoid otfc of high school; 2 NM southwest.
- 135 feet lighted pwr poles and lines N-S 1.5 MI west.
- 135 feet unlighted pwr poles and lines E-W 1 MI south.
- Taxiway a between taxiway D and F not visibility from the control tower.
- Transient helicopter parking and passenger pup north side by taxiway north.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Chandler 444 aircraft · 332 piston singles, 56 helicopters, 13 piston twins
- Chandler Air Service INC 23 aircraft in town
- Jets To Helis LLC DBA 17 aircraft in town
- N390Sf LLC 15 aircraft in town
- N179Sf LLC 13 aircraft in town
- Pylon Aviation Services LLC 3 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- PrismJet, LLC 7 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- East Valley Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Advanced Materials Technologies LLC · repair station
- Aviocraft · repair station
- Canyon State Inspection INC · repair station
- Canyon State Inspection INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 62 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Arizona 2,983 since 1982 · 468 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 8,395 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CHD.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 9, 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.