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 and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KSDL · observed 1:53 pm MST (20:53 UTC), 27 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 95°F (35°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:20 am MST (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am MST (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am MST (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 13,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSDL 062053Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 35/12 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP098 T03500117 58026
TAF KSDL 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB04KT P6SM FEW130
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
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Aircraft registered in Scottsdale from the FAA register
685 aircraft are registered to owners in Scottsdale, Arizona: 431 piston singles, 101 business jets, 41 helicopters, 36 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Arizona.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.