Scottsdale Airport

Scottsdale Airport Thunderbird Field #2
2006 USGS photo
IATA: SCF ICAO: KSDL FAA LID: SDL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Scottsdale
Serves	Scottsdale, Arizona
Operating base for	JSX[1]
Elevation AMSL	1,510 ft / 460 m
Coordinates	33°37′22″N 111°54′38″W / 33.62278°N 111.91056°W / 33.62278; -111.91056
Website	www.scottsdaleaz.gov/...
Map
SCF Location of Scottsdale Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 3/21 8,249 2,514 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations 175,826 Based aircraft 356
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[2]

Scottsdale Airport (IATA: SCF, ICAO: KSDL, FAA LID: SDL) is a municipal airport located 9 miles (7.8 nmi; 14 km) north of downtown Scottsdale, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.^[2] Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Scottsdale Airport is SDL to the FAA and SCF to the IATA (which assigned SDL to Midlanda Airport in Sundsvall, Sweden).^[3][4]

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 4,798 passenger boardings (or enplanements) in calendar year 2005 and 266 enplanements in 2006.^[5] The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011 called Scottsdale a reliever airport.^[6]

It is one of the busiest single-runway general aviation airports in the nation with 186,514 operations in 2019. The airport offers clearance, ground and tower services from 1300Z to 0400Z (6 a.m. to 9 p.m. local time) daily.^[7]

U.S. Customs service is available daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. This allows visitors from all over the world to come to Scottsdale with proper visas.

Neighbors’ complaints about aircraft noise around the airport increased beginning in 2004, peaking in 2005 with over 15,000 complaints being logged.^[8] In 2019, complaints decreased significantly to 1,919 complaints. It is unlikely that the airport would close, due to federal grant assurances and its tremendous economic impact.

Scottsdale Airport is an important economic asset for Scottsdale and the region, contributing hundreds of millions of dollars in economic output. Aviation activity at the airport and in the surrounding airpark created $688 million in total economic benefits for the region in FY2019, with aviation activity supporting around 3,979 jobs. Economic benefits of $1.9 million are created daily.^{[citation needed]}

Scottsdale airport is one of three airports that receive commercial airline flights in the Phoenix, Arizona, area, the others being Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport.