# Yuma International Airport / Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (YUM / KNYL)

**Yuma International Airport / Marine Corps Air Station Yuma** (IATA: YUM, ICAO: KNYL) is a medium airport in Yuma, Arizona, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 3 runways; the longest is 13,300 ft (4,054 m). In 2025 it handled 165 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YUM / KNYL
- FAA: NYL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Yuma, Arizona, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 213 ft / 65 m
- Coordinates: 32.6509, -114.6094
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 13,300 ft / 4,054 m
- Instrument procedures: 7 approaches, 2 departures
- Passengers: 165,105 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7 · America/Phoenix
- Website: http://yumaairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuma_International_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6587748
- Weather station: KNYL
- Ident: KNYL

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Yuma International Airport / Marine Corps Air Station Yuma opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03L/21R | 13,300 ft / 4,054 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Concrete | 044° / 224° | yes |
| 03R/21L | 9,240 ft / 2,816 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 044° / 224° | yes |
| 08/26 | 6,146 ft / 1,873 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 089° / 269° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00511AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 170,320 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 149,319 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 143,838 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 150,618 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 154,081 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 193,935 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 108,183 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 195,938 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 207,784 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 172,074 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 161,348 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 165,105 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [PHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphx.md) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · United States · 160 mi / 258 km · American Eagle
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 1,020 mi / 1,641 km · American Eagle

### Cargo (2)

- [PHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphx.md) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · United States · 160 mi / 258 km · Ameriflight, FedEx Express
- [OLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kols.md) Nogales International Airport · United States · 236 mi / 380 km · Ameriflight

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 2

### Cargo (2)

- A8 [Ameriflight](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ameriflight) · 2
- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 165K (2025) | #1,624 of 3,974 | #368 in North America | #243 in US |
| Longest runway | 13,300 ft / 4,054 m | =90 of 29,858 | =34 in North America | =29 in US |
| Elevation | 213 ft / 65 m | =33,570 of 43,403 | =15,349 in North America | =12,921 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 124.700 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 118.800 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 118.000 |
| DEP | DEP | 125.550 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| MISC | VFR ADVSY SVC | 124.700 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 120.700 |
| POST | COMD POST | 33.790 |
| RDO | SAN DIEGO RDO | 122.600 |
| RFSS | PRESCOTT RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.300 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 119.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [MXL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmml.md) General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport · 37 mi / 59 km
- [IPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kipl.md) Imperial County Airport · 57 mi / 93 km
- [NJK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knjk.md) El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field) · 63 mi / 101 km
- [BLH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kblh.md) Blythe Airport · 67 mi / 108 km

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #90

## 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Yuma International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yuma_International_Airport&oldid=1363088709), revision of 7 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/knyl/data