Prescott Rgnl/Ernest A Love Field
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Prescott Rgnl/Ernest A Love Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Prescott, 7 miles north of Prescott, Arizona, 5,045 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 03R/21L, is 7,619 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PRC · ICAO KPRC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Prescott
- Elevation
- 5,045 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03R/21L | 7,619 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 4,408 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03L/21R | 4,395 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03R: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 380 ft, 7,240 ft available for landing, road 26 ft high 720 ft from the end
- Runway 21L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 150 ft, 4,258 ft available for landing
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left, 4,308 ft available for landing
- Runway 03L: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 360 ft
- Runway 21R: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower · Prc and radio | 125.3 | Prescott |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Prc and automated weather (ASOS) | 127.2 | Prescott |
| Clearance delivery | 119.25 | Prescott |
| Ground | 121.7 | Prescott |
| Approach and departure | 133.575 | Prescott |
| Prc and vot | 110.0 | |
| Prescott and rco | 122.2 | Prescott |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 928-541-3850.
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 Prescott from the FAA register
330 aircraft are registered to owners in Prescott, Arizona: 268 piston singles, 23 helicopters, 17 piston twins, 8 turboprops, 5 business jets. 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 · 108 since 1982, 8 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: activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 21L; runway end identifier lights runway 03L, 03R, 21R; PAPI runway 03R and 21L; medium-intensity runway lights 03L, 03R, 21L and 21R - the common traffic frequency. Activate runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; PAPI runway 12 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - 128.75. PAPI runway 03L and 21R operates continuously.
- Pattern altitude for light aircraft all runways 1000 feet. Pattern altitude for large aircraft, all turbo prop/jet and high perf aircraft all runways 1500 feet.
- Runway 03L/21R not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. Closed 10:00 pm to 6:00 am.
- Runway 21L calm wind runway.
- Runway 12/30 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. Use ctn for chg in runway gradient at runway 3R/21L int.
- 20 feet dropoff 300 feet from approach end.
- Departure runway hdg until air carriers hwy and make imt L turn.
- Runway 30 PAPI unusable beyond 3 NM.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Voluntary noise abatement procedure in effect - amgr.
- Winch tow up to 2500 feet 6 NM east at a C goodwin meml field.
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.