West Desert Airpark
UT9 · Fairfield, Utah · Utah County · map
West Desert Airpark is a public-use airport, 1 mile south of Fairfield, Utah, 4,886 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,200 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (car gas (mogas)).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for West Desert Airpark?
Its FAA code is UT9.
Where is West Desert Airpark?
It is 1 mile south of Fairfield, Utah, 4,886 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at West Desert Airpark?
Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,200 feet long, asphalt.
Does West Desert Airpark have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at West Desert Airpark?
The FAA's airport file lists car gas (mogas).
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to West Desert Airpark?
11 pilot examiners and 23 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 West Desert Airpark…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA UT9
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 4,886 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Fuel and services
- car gas (mogas); the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2003
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,200 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 200 ft, 5,000 ft available for landing
- Runway 35: right-hand traffic pattern, 5,000 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Provo Municipal (17 nm east), Spanish Fork Muni/Woodhouse Field (20 nm east), South Valley Regional (23 nm north), Nephi Municipal (32 nm south).
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 Utah · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Training act in the vicinity of airport; Monday the common traffic frequency.
- For weather 4 clicks - the common traffic frequency.
- Avoid ovr flight of firework facility West of runway.
- Runway 17 preferred calm winds
- Bird act in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 17 STRAIGHT-IN landings prohibited.
- Avoid low overflight of residential areas.
- Landing fees in effect for all aircraft.
- Limit tgls.
- Use ctn rdcd taxiway and txl width.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fairfield from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Fairfield, Utah: 11 piston singles. 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 Utah.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
11 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 11 for private pilot, 11 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 9 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 23 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 51 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Jason Lee Rasmussen private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Provo, UT (17 nm) · (801) 541-7502 · [email protected]
- Joshua Arden Bendixen private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Utah Valley University Flight Ops · Provo, UT (17 nm) · (801) 599-1849 · [email protected]
- Kelli Kae Peay private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Utah Valley University · Provo, UT (17 nm) · (801) 361-6719 · [email protected]
- Matthew Hewlett private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Provo Municipal Airport: Tac Air Building · Provo, UT (17 nm) · (801) 404-0876 · [email protected]
- Scott Taylor private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Draper, UT (19 nm) · (801) 647-2992 · [email protected]
- Christopher Clark Hutchinson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Utah Helicopter · Spanish Fork, UT (20 nm) · (801) 361-9554 · [email protected]
- James Julius Crawford private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · West Jordan, UT (24 nm) · (385) 236-3161 · [email protected]
- Lance Vaculin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Murray, UT (26 nm) · (801) 647-2317 · [email protected]
All 95 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-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.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- 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 · 5 since 1982, 0 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 Fairfield 11 aircraft · 11 piston singles
- West Desert Aviators 6 aircraft in town
- West Desert Flight LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Utah 1,440 since 1982 · 264 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Utah 49 landing places
- Utah 8,360 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/UT9.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 27, 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.