Scottsdale Airport
SDL · KSDL · Scottsdale, Arizona · Maricopa County · map
Scottsdale Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Scottsdale, 9 miles north of Scottsdale, Arizona, 1,510 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 8,249 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 340 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 43 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 169,207 takeoffs and landings a year. About 32,630 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Scottsdale Airport?
Its FAA code is SDL, and its ICAO code is KSDL.
Where is Scottsdale Airport?
It is 9 miles north of Scottsdale, Arizona, 1,510 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Scottsdale Airport?
Its one runway, 03/21, is 8,249 feet long, asphalt.
Does Scottsdale Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Scottsdale Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Are there flight schools at Scottsdale Airport?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Fjb Flyers LLC and 172 Flyers Group LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Scottsdale Airport?
43 pilot examiners and 16 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Scottsdale Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SDL · ICAO KSDL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Scottsdale
- Elevation
- 1,510 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-1 with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1943
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 8,249 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 739 ft, 7,110 ft available for landing, tree 58 ft high 1,695 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 400 ft, 7,669 ft available for landing, hill 25 ft high 850 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.9 | Scottsdale |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.6 | Scottsdale |
| Clearance delivery | 124.8 | Scottsdale |
| Ground | 121.6 | Scottsdale |
| Approach and departure · Dsert and star | 120.7 | Scottsdale |
| Phoenix and rco | 122.2 | Phoenix · Communications provided by prescott radio on frequency 122.2 (phoenix rco). |
| Blythe and star · Sunss and star | 124.1 | Scottsdale |
| Helicopter and operations | 125.5 | Scottsdale |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 480-483-3049.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (9 nm northwest), Phoenix Sky Harbor International (12 nm southwest), Falcon Field (13 nm southeast).
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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When the control tower closed activate runway end identifier lights runway 03 and 21; PAPI runway 03 and 21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Transient fee 12500 LB or gtr based on maximum cert ramp WT; transient overnight parking fee.
- Pattern altitude prop 990 feet; jet 1490 feet; helicopter 490 feet above ground level.
- Customs service available 1600Z to 0200Z; user fee must be prepaid online prior to arrival.
- Runway 03 calm wind runway. Rdc D/II/5000; aprc B/II/5000; dprc B/II. midfield departure and stop and go landing NA. tgl NA 9:30 pm to 6:00 am.
- 150 feet blast pad both ends.
- Approach slope 50:1 at dthr.
- Approach slope 39:1 at dthr.
- Wildlife in the vicinity of runway.
- Maintenance runup NA 10:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- All operations with wingspan gtr than 100 feet tip to tip NA.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 120 |
| multi-engine | 26 |
| jets | 150 |
| helicopters | 44 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 169,207, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 24 |
| air taxi and commuter | 63,576 |
| general aviation, travelling | 66,668 |
| general aviation, local | 38,572 |
| military | 367 |
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Scottsdale from the FAA register
686 aircraft are registered to owners in Scottsdale, Arizona: 433 piston singles, 100 business jets, 42 helicopters, 35 turboprops, 27 piston twins. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Scottsdale, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Alba Aviation Services INC
- Alba Aviation Services
- Desert Aircraft Services LLC Desert Aero Services provides aircraft maintenance management services, including pre-buy inspections, maintenance scheduling, vendor management, and documentation review for business and general aviation aircraft.
- Hangar 113 LLC Scottsdale Hangar One is a private jet hangar complex in Scottsdale, Arizona, offering aircraft storage, maintenance management, flight scheduling, pilot services, and accounting services to member aircraft owners.
- Lang Aviation Support Services LLC
- Pacific Challenger Aircraft Services LLC Challenger Aviation Services, Inc.
- Sbr Flight Support LLC
- Whisper Jet Aviation LLC
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Fjb Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Scottsdale
- 172 Flyers Group LLC 1 aircraft · Phoenix, 14 miles away American Flyers is a flight school that has operated since 1939, offering pilot training from introductory flights through airline academy programmes.
- Flying Ten Flying Club 1 aircraft · Phoenix, 14 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Scottsdale (12 of 13):
- Pinnacle Air Charter LLC 11 aircraft on the certificate Pinnacle Aviation is a charter operator and aircraft management company based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
- Caribbean Wings LLC 9 aircraft on the certificate
- Paradise Jets LLC 4 aircraft on the certificate Paradise Jets is a private aviation strategy firm and FAA Part 135 charter operator based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
- Gary Air Services LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Elevage Flight Travel, LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate Elevage Flight Travel is an aircraft management and private jet charter company based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
- Western Sky Aviation, LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Western Sky Helicopters operates helicopter tours and charter flights from Scottsdale and Phoenix, Arizona.
- Dorato Jets LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Dorato Jets LLC is a charter operator based in Scottsdale, Arizona that manages, maintains, and crews its own fleet of aircraft for private charter flights.
- UHI Inc 1 aircraft on the certificate
- H5 Productions INC 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Pinnacle Helicopters LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Jet Pros, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Jet Pros provides on-demand private jet charter services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year from Scottsdale, Arizona.
- Leighnor Aircraft, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Scottsdale:
- Copper State Turbine Engine Company
- G & H Aerospace INC G&H Aerospace is an aerospace parts distributor and manufacturer based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); 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, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 7 training center evaluators, 24 aircrew program designees, 4 training center examiners, 10 administrative pilot examiners.
- Daniel Jeffrey Gimbel private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Scottsdale, AZ (0 nm) · (602) 363-1408 · [email protected]
- Deanna Rae Dyk private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · Sierra Charlie Aviation · Scottsdale, AZ (0 nm) · (970) 250-3339 · [email protected]
- Dustin Don Suchor private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, helicopters · Universal Helicopters Inc. · Scottsdale, AZ (0 nm) · (480) 694-5680 · [email protected]
- James Pitman private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Scottsdale, AZ (0 nm) · (602) 825-3950 · [email protected]
- 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 · Atlantic Aviation · Scottsdale, AZ (0 nm) · (602) 284-6404 · [email protected]
- Keelan Jett Buchanan private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Scottsdale, AZ (0 nm) · (806) 787-4764 · [email protected]
- Patrick O'Connell private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Scottsdale, AZ (0 nm) · (760) 983-8490 · [email protected]
- Robert Jennings Baldock 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 · Scottsdale, AZ (0 nm) · (575) 706-8470 · [email protected]
All 157 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 62 since 1982, 9 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
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Scottsdale 686 aircraft · 433 piston singles, 100 business jets, 42 helicopters
- Ff22 LLC 49 aircraft in town
- Alba Leasing Services LLC 28 aircraft in town
- Alba Aviation Services INC 13 aircraft in town
- Salt River Police Department 7 aircraft in town
- Alba Aviation Services INC 13 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Alba Aviation Services 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Desert Aircraft Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Pinnacle Air Charter LLC 11 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Caribbean Wings LLC 9 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Paradise Jets LLC 4 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Gary Air Services LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Fjb Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- 172 Flyers Group LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Flying Ten Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Copper State Turbine Engine Company · repair station
- G & H Aerospace INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 62 since 1982 · 9 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Arizona 2,983 since 1982 · 466 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 8,415 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SDL.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 26, 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.