Tucson International Airport
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| Tucson International | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| IATA: TUS - ICAO: KTUS | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type
| Public | ||
| Operator
| Tucson Airport Authority | ||
| Serves
| Tucson, Arizona | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,643 ft (806 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Website
| http://www.tucsonairport.org/ | ||
| Parts of this article may come from Wikipedia | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 3/21 | 7,000 | 2,134 | Asphalt |
| 11L/29R | 10,996 | 3,352 | Asphalt |
| 11R/29L | 8,408 | 2,563 | Asphalt |
Contents |
General
Tucson International Airport is a public airport located six miles (10 km) south of the central business district of Tucson, a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It is owned and operated by the Tucson Airport Authority, which also operates Ryan Field. Tucson International is the second largest commercial airport in Arizona.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,050,377 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2005 and 2,090,514 enplanements in 2006, an increase of 1.96%.
In 2006, Tucson International Airport set a new passenger record for the third consecutive year with 4,226,759 total arriving and departing passengers, an increase of 2.3% over the 2005 total. Of the average of 72 daily departures, Tucson's top ranked carriers included Southwest Airlines, which owned a 30% market share, American Airlines which had accounted for 22% of the total traffic, and US Airways which had a 14% market share.
Although Tucson International is not a hub for any major passenger airline company, it does serve as a hub for cargo airline Evergreen International Aviation, and it receives ten daily jet flights from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix and from other Southwestern United States destinations, as well as flights from the East and the Pacific Northwest. International service to Tucson International Airport is limited to one daily flight from Mexico. Currently, Aeroméxico Connect is the only airline that offers Tucson passengers service to Mexico.
As part of Tucson's Concourse Renovation Project, the airport recently had its curbside extensively renovated. Renovations to both concourses began in late 2006. At the conclusion of the project, tentatively set for Spring 2008, the current concourses and gates will be renumbered with the East Concourse becoming Concourse A: Gates A1 - A9, and the West Concourse becoming Concourse B: Gates B1 - B11. The international arrival and departure area will also be moved to the main terminal in Concourse A, whereas before it existed in a separate terminal.
Gate Assignment
MetroAir currently operates out of the main terminal at KTUS. (see the airport diagram in the NOTAMS section of the forums for a map)
Flight Planning Resources
- Airport Diagram
- Terminal Procedures - contains SID, STAR and IAP
IFR Routes
Pilots should add their IFR route plans originating from KTUS here as a central repository for their fellow pilots.
| Destination | Route | Suggested Altitude | Charts | Preferred | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLAS | TUS7 PXR J11 DRK KADDY1 | Range: FL180-400 (even) | KTUS KLAS | 
| N/A |
Available Sceneries
| FS version | pay-/freeware | developer | available updates |
|---|---|---|---|
| FS9 | freeware | AVSIM - Smith Designs - Real Tucson 2007 - may 2007 | none |
| FS9 | freeware | AVSIM - Dan Relfe - Tucson Photoreal v1.1 - june 2006 | none |
| FS9 | freeware | AVSIM - Mike Grainger - Tucson International Airport - february 2005 | fix1 - february 2005 + fix2 - march 2005 |
| FS9 | freeware | AVSIM - Jeremy Jeffreys - Tucson International - november 2004 | none |
