Pinal Airpark

Pinal Airpark Marana Army Airfield
Overflight of Pinal Airpark (center) and Silverbell Army Heliport (right) in 2018
IATA: MZJ ICAO: KMZJ FAA LID: MZJ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Pinal County
Serves	Marana, Arizona
Built	1942
Elevation AMSL	1,893 ft / 577 m
Coordinates	32°30′35″N 111°19′31″W / 32.50972°N 111.32528°W / 32.50972; -111.32528
Website	www.pinalcountyairpark.com
Map
KMZJ Location of Pinal Airpark Show map of Arizona KMZJ KMZJ (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 6,849 2,088 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Aircraft operations (year ending April 1) 58,200
Source: US Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Silver Bell Army Heliport
Type	US Army heliport
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	Arizona Army National Guard
Condition	Operational
Site history
In use	1986 – present
Garrison information
Garrison	98th Aviation Troop Command
Occupants	1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance), 285th Aviation Regiment[2] 2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter), 285th Aviation Regiment
Airfield information
Identifiers	FAA LID: 02AZ
Elevation	1,868.6 feet (570 m) AMSL
Helipads Number Length and surface H1 100 feet (30 m) asphalt H2 100 feet (30 m) asphalt H3 100 feet (30 m) asphalt H4 165 feet (50 m) asphalt

Pinal Airpark (IATA: MZJ, ICAO: KMZJ, FAA LID: MZJ), also known as Pinal County Airpark, is a non-towered, county-owned, public-use airport located 8 miles (7.0 nmi; 13 km) northwest of the central business district of Marana, in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.^[1] Silverbell Army Heliport (FAA LID: 02AZ)^[3] is co-located with Pinal Airpark. The heliport is a private-use military facility operated by the Arizona Army National Guard.

Pinal Airpark's primary function is to serve as a boneyard for civilian commercial aircraft, where the area's dry desert climate mitigates corrosion of the aircraft. It is the largest commercial aircraft storage and heavy maintenance facility in the world.^[4] Even so, many aircraft which are brought here wind up being scrapped. Nearby the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base provides the same service to the United States federal government.

Aircraft at Pinal Airpark include those formerly operated by Cathay Dragon, Cathay Pacific, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, Aerosur, Hellenic, Surinam Airways,^[5] and other carriers.^{[additional citation(s) needed]}