Yuma Mcas/Yuma International
NYL · KNYL · Yuma, Arizona · Yuma County · map
Yuma Mcas/Yuma International is a public-use airport owned by Usmc & Yuma CO Arpt Auth, 3 miles south of Yuma, Arizona, 213 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 03L/21R, is 13,300 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KNYL · observed 12:57 pm MST (19:57 UTC), 41 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (010°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 15,000 feet
- Temperature 100°F (38°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.82 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 9:00 am MST (16:00 UTC), good until Wed 3:00 pm MST (22:00 UTC)
- From Tue 9:00 am MST (16:00 UTC): wind light and variable, a few clouds at 15,000 feet
- Changing between Tue 11:00 am MST (18:00 UTC) and 1:00 pm MST (20:00 UTC) to: wind from the east-northeast at 8 knots, a few clouds at 13,000 feet
- Changing between Tue 4:00 pm MST (23:00 UTC) and 6:00 pm MST (01:00 UTC) to: wind from the north-northeast at 8 knots, gusting to 18, a few clouds at 10,000 feet
- From Tue 10:00 pm MST (05:00 UTC): wind light and variable, a few clouds at 10,000 feet
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KNYL 061957Z 01006KT 10SM FEW150 38/11 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP093 T03780111
TAF KNYL 061600Z 0616/0722 VRB06KT 9999 FEW150 QNH2986INS BECMG 0618/0620 07008KT 9999 FEW130 QNH2979INS BECMG 0623/0701 03008G18KT 9999 FEW100 QNH2971INS FM070500 VRB06KT 9999 FEW100 QNH2974INS TX39/0623Z TN27/0713Z
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 NYL · ICAO KNYL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · owned by the Navy
- Owner
- Usmc & Yuma CO Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 213 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1430-0600z daily, closed holidays. military avn operations not authorized 1430-1500z daily due to afld maintenance.
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- customs available · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03L/21R | 13,300 × 200 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 03R/21L | 9,240 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 6,146 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 03L: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 21R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 03R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, ant 29 ft high 650 ft from the end
- Runway 21L: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 18 ft high 1,250 ft from the end
- Runway 08: right-hand traffic pattern, road 15 ft high 490 ft from the end
- Runway 26: road 14 ft high 1,250 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.3 | Yuma |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.8 | Yuma |
| Ground | 121.9 | Yuma |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Yuma |
| Yuma and center (remote transmitter) High | 118.0 | Yuma |
| Pilot-to-weather (military) and metro | 120.7 | Yuma |
| Pilot-to-weather (military) and metro | 120.725 | Yuma |
| Yuma and rco | 122.2 | Yuma |
| Yuma and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 124.7 | Yuma |
| Yuma A Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 125.55 | Yuma |
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Aircraft registered in Yuma from the FAA register
173 aircraft are registered to owners in Yuma, Arizona: 94 piston singles, 33 drones, 13 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 8 turboprops, 8 balloons. 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 · 8 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
- Established prior to 5/15/59.
- When the control tower closed activate high-intensity runway lights runway 08/26, taxiways a, A1, A2, B, C, L, Z - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude runway 03L/R right traffic 1700 feet; runway 21L/R left traffic 1700FT. initial altitude for overhead 4000 feet 6NM. initial altitude for STRAIGHT-IN 3000 feet 6NM. copter - 700 feet for any runway.
- Military avn operations NA 1430-1500Z daily. Val/transient service abvl MON-FRI 1500-0600Z, closed SAT-SUN, holidays.
- Instr frequency 123.30.
- Hook E28(B) (3495 feet)
- Hook E28(B) (2725 feet)
- Hook E28(B) (1675 feet)
- Hook E28(B) (1699 feet)
- 18 feet windsock 130 feet L of runway end.
- Ctn: traffic pattern runway 03L/R and 21L/R overlap traffic pattern runway 08/26.
- 976 feet stwy runway 03R; 1000 feet stwy runway 21L; 1000 feet stwy runway 03L; 1000 feet stwy runway 21R; 1000 feet stwy runway 08; 251 feet stwy runway 26.
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.