# Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN / KGCN)

**Grand Canyon National Park Airport** (IATA: GCN, ICAO: KGCN) is a medium airport in Grand Canyon - Tusayan, Arizona, United States. It opened in May 1962. It has one runway, 8,999 ft (2,743 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 63 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GCN / KGCN
- FAA: GCN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Grand Canyon - Tusayan, Arizona, United States
- Opened: May 1962
- Elevation: 6,609 ft / 2,014 m
- Coordinates: 35.9524, -112.1470
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 8,999 ft / 2,743 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches, 2 departures
- Passengers: 63,282 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7 · America/Phoenix
- Website: https://azdot.gov/about/grand-canyon-airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon_National_Park_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3914054
- Weather station: KGCN
- Ident: KGCN

## Timeline

- May 1962: Grand Canyon National Park Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 8,999 ft / 2,743 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 041° / 221° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05381AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 214,501 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 184,753 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 205,044 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 165,362 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 112,227 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 17,259 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 21,554 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 43,533 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 52,881 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 86,122 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 63,282 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from GCN, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

### Year-round (2)

- [PGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpga.md) Page Municipal Airport · United States · 78 mi / 125 km · 703 passengers · Grand Canyon Airlines
- [BLD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k61b.md) Boulder City Municipal Airport · United States · 152 mi / 244 km · 1,616 passengers · Grand Canyon Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- YR [Grand Canyon Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/grand-canyon-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 63K (2025) | #1,989 of 3,974 | #449 in North America | #303 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,999 ft / 2,743 m | =1,847 of 29,858 | #403 in North America | #299 in US |
| Elevation | 6,609 ft / 2,014 m | #690 of 43,403 | #351 in North America | #245 in US |
| Age | Opened 1962 | =4,898 of 15,079 | =3,377 in North America | =3,299 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 124.300 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 124.300 |
| CNTR | LOS ANGELES CNTR | 124.850 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.000 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | PRESCOTT RDO | 122.300 |
| TWR | CANYON TWR | 119.000 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [FLG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kflg.md) Flagstaff Pulliam Airport · 62 mi / 100 km
- [PGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpga.md) Page Municipal Airport · 78 mi / 125 km
- [PRC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kprc.md) Prescott Regional Airport - Ernest A. Love Field · 91 mi / 147 km

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #92

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [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/kgcn/data