Payson Airport
PAN · KPAN · Payson, Arizona · Gila County · map
Payson Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Payson, 1 mile west of Payson, Arizona, 5,160 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 5,504 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 40 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 34,250 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KPAN · observed 3:35 pm MST (22:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 30.14 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 KPAN 062235Z AUTO 24007KT 10SM CLR 26/09 A3014 RMK AO2
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 PAN · ICAO KPAN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Payson
- Elevation
- 5,160 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm; weekends, 7:00 am to 11:00 am
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1964
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,504 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete, good |
- Runway 06: PAPI, two lights on the right
- Runway 24: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Pan and aWOS-3PT | 119.325 | |
| Cottonwood and rco | 122.3 | Cottonwood · Communications provided by prescott radio on frequency 122.3 (cottonwood rco). |
| Winslow and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.675 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 928-472-4260.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 34,250, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Payson from the FAA register
89 aircraft are registered to owners in Payson, Arizona: 80 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 2 gliders, 1 gyroplane, 1 business jet. 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 · 23 since 1982, 3 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
- Dusk to dawn: activate runway end identifier lights runway 06 and 24; PAPI runway 06; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 preset low intst; incr INTST- the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 24 operates continuously.
- Pattern altitude prop engine 1043 feet, JET/MULTI-ENGINE and large engine 1543 feet, helicopter 543 feet.
- Runway 24 calm wind runway less than 5 kts.
- 2-4 feet berm 0-150 feet from threshold 85-125 feet L of centerline.
- 3 feet brush 180 feet from runway air carriers threshold; 2 feet brush 20-170 feet from threshold 80-125 feet L of centerline.
- Departure noise abatement procedure in effect; turn north 30 degrees for 2 NM. arrival/departure below 1000 feet ovr town NA.
- 150 feet blast pads runway 06 and 24.
- Airport campground near bravo ramp.
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.