# Grand Canyon West Airport (GCW / 1G4)

**Grand Canyon West Airport** (IATA: GCW, FAA: 1G4) is a small airport in Peach Springs, Arizona, United States. It opened in Oct 1988. It has one runway, 5,000 ft (1,524 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k1g4

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GCW / —
- FAA: 1G4
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Peach Springs, Arizona, United States
- Opened: Oct 1988
- Elevation: 4,817 ft / 1,468 m
- Coordinates: 35.9858, -113.8171
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Time zone: UTC-7 · America/Phoenix
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon_West_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3913677
- Weather station: K1G4
- Ident: K1G4

## Timeline

- Oct 1988: Grand Canyon West Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

- 17/35 slopes 1.1%: threshold 17 at 4,761 ft / 1,451 m, threshold 35 at 4,817 ft / 1,468 m.

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Charter (1)

- [BLD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k61b.md) Boulder City Municipal Airport · United States · 58 mi / 94 km · Grand Canyon Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from GCW, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- YR [Grand Canyon Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/grand-canyon-airlines) · 1 · charter

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | =6,591 of 29,858 | =2,430 in North America | =2,018 in US |
| Elevation | 4,817 ft / 1,468 m | #2,291 of 43,403 | #1,220 in North America | #956 in US |
| Age | Opened 1988 | =9,353 of 15,079 | =7,157 in North America | =7,046 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [L25](https://dromopedia.com/airports/l25.md) Pearce Ferry Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [AZ49](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0820.md) Aileron Orchards Airport · 22 mi / 36 km
- [US-5552](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-5552.md) Penn Valley Airstrip · 22 mi / 36 km
- [US-1441](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-1441.md) Grand Gulch Airstrip · 23 mi / 38 km
- [US-2989](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2989.md) Grapevine Spring Airstrip · 25 mi / 40 km
- [US-6429](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-6429.md) Red Lake Landing Field · 26 mi / 42 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Grand Canyon West Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grand_Canyon_West_Airport&oldid=1365147899), revision of 20 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k1g4/data