Phoenix Goodyear Airport
GYR · KGYR · Goodyear, Arizona · Maricopa County · map
Phoenix Goodyear Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Phoenix, 1 mile southwest of Goodyear, Arizona, 969 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 8,500 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 251 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 222,090 takeoffs and landings a year. About 8 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KGYR · observed 8:47 pm MST (03:47 UTC), 543 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 8,000 feet, a broken layer at 15,000 feet
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 66°F (19°C)
- Altimeter 29.60 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 KGYR 110347Z VRB05KT 10SM SCT080 BKN150 25/19 A2960 RMK LAST
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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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 GYR · ICAO KGYR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Phoenix
- Elevation
- 969 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 8,500 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 64 × 64 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.1 | Goodyear |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.35 | Goodyear |
| Ground | 121.7 | Goodyear |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) · Dsert and star | 120.7 | Goodyear |
| Approach and departure South | 125.45 | Goodyear |
| Phoenix and rco | 122.2 | Phoenix · Communications provided by prescott radio on frequency 122.2 (Phoenix rco). |
| Sunss and star | 124.1 | Goodyear |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 205 |
| multi-engine | 21 |
| jets | 16 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 6 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 222,090, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 189 |
| air taxi and commuter | 67,573 |
| general aviation, travelling | 29,277 |
| general aviation, local | 124,839 |
| military | 212 |
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 Goodyear from the FAA register
178 aircraft are registered to owners in Goodyear, Arizona: 161 piston singles, 12 piston twins, 4 business jets, 1 glider. 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
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Glendale Regional (7 nm northeast), Buckeye Municipal (16 nm west), Phoenix Sky Harbor International (18 nm east).
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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Goodyear, by their names on the register:
- Westwind School of Aeronautics Phoenix LLC DBA 60 aircraft
- Lufthansa Aviation Training USA INC 29 aircraft Lufthansa Aviation Training USA provides flight training services for airlines, pilots, and cabin crews.
- Westwind School of Aeronautics Phoenix LLC 9 aircraft
- Westwind School of Aeronautics Phoenix DBA 3 aircraft
- Westwind School of Aeronautics Phoenix 1 aircraft
Repair stations in Goodyear:
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 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 7 training center evaluators, 24 aircrew program designees, 4 training center examiners, 10 administrative pilot examiners.
- Gregory Allen Porter private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Goodyear, AZ (0 nm) · (602) 317-5849 · greg@flygoodyear.com
- Gregory Richard Newman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · UNITED AVIATE ACADEMY · Goodyear, AZ (0 nm) · (480) 544-3421 · grnewman@mac.com
- Jacob Andrew Hansen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Goodyear, AZ (0 nm) · (623) 980-9524 · mrjacobhansen@gmail.com
- James Pitman private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · United Aviate Academy · Goodyear, AZ (0 nm) · (602) 825-3950 · contact@flywithjim.com
- Pritesh Tailor 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 · Goodyear, AZ (0 nm) · (602) 743-1172 · prits.tailor@checkrides.us
- Ryan Richard Brown private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · United Aviate Academy · Goodyear, AZ (0 nm) · (772) 359-2539 · ryanbrown750@gmail.com
- Vincent Remcho private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Goodyear, AZ (0 nm) · (541) 908-3018 · vince.remcho@gmail.com
- vincent wittig private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Goodyear, AZ (0 nm) · (757) 237-2298 · vince@dpeaz.com
All 156 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.
- 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 · 28 since 1982, 5 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
- 1968(1000) light aircraft and NON-TURBO jets; 2468(1500) heavy aircraft and turbo jets; helicopters 1468(500).
- Fee for charter, travel club and revenue aircraft.
- Pilot T.
- Med intsty.
- 100 feet unlgt unmkd E-W pwr lines 1/2 MI south of runway end. Departure assigned R crosswind climb straight ahd to litchfield road or passing 1032 feet bfr R turn.
- 4500 above sea level mts 6 MI southeast; military jet traffic 5 MI west; birds in the vicinity of airport; wildlife on airport.
- Large aircraft parking 500 feet west of runway.
- When tower closed taxiway a btw taxiway A3 and A10 restricted to wingspan 118 feet or less.
- Ctn: similar aligned runways at luke afb and glendale municipal; both approximately 8 MI north.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Goodyear 178 aircraft · 161 piston singles, 12 piston twins, 4 business jets
- Westwind School of Aeronautics Phoenix LLC DBA 60 aircraft in town
- Lufthansa Aviation Training USA INC 29 aircraft in town
- Westwind School of Aeronautics Phoenix LLC 9 aircraft in town
- Westwind School of Aeronautics Phoenix DBA 3 aircraft in town
- Westwind School of Aeronautics Phoenix LLC DBA 60 aircraft · flight school
- Lufthansa Aviation Training USA INC 29 aircraft · flight school
- Westwind School of Aeronautics Phoenix LLC 9 aircraft · flight school
- 5280 Aviation Sales, LLC · repair station
- Aersale INC · repair station
- Jetmx INC · repair station
- Westwind School of Aeronautics Phoenix LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 28 since 1982 · 5 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/GYR.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.