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Chandler Municipal Airport

Chandler Municipal Airport (ICAO: KCHD, FAA LID: CHD) is in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, 3 miles (2.6 nmi; 4.8 km) southeast of Chandler, which owns it.[1] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.[2]

Chandler Municipal is one of the nation’s 50 busiest general aviation airports. It adds to Arizona's economy by bringing in more than $53 million annually. No airlines operate out of Chandler and none plan to in the near future.[3]

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Chandler Municipal is CHD to the FAA[1] and has no IATA code (IATA had assigned CHD to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in nearby Mesa, Arizona[4] – since redesignated by the IATA as AZA).

Facilities

The airport covers 550 acres (220 ha) at an elevation of 1,243 ft (379 m). It has two asphalt runways:

It has one concrete helipad:

The airport has built and improved a heliport facility, airport signage, and aircraft parking space by 10 acres with 90 tie-down spaces. These improvements were made over six years and cost about $7 million. The privately owned parking spaces are at 100% capacity. Affiliated Property Management is the company/HOA that controls the privately owned hangars.

In the year ending April 25, 2011, the airport had 161,750 aircraft operations, an average of 443 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and <1% military. 333 aircraft were then based at the airport: 86% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 3% helicopter, 1% jet, and 1% ultralight.[1]

Operations data (takeoffs or landings):[5]

2021 mid-air collision

In 2021, a aerial collision between two aircraft over Chandler occurred.[7] A Piper PA-28-181 Archer II on a training flight collided with a Robinson R22 near Phoenix.[8] The crash occurred at 07:30 local time.[9]

The Piper PA-28-181 Archer II landed safely with damage to its landing gear.[10] The Robinson R22 crashed and burst into flames.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for CHD PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
  3. ^ "Welcome to Chandler". Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  4. ^ "Chandler-Williams AFB, AZ (IATA: CHD, ICAO: KIWA)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  5. ^ Federal Aviation Administration (Terminal Area Forecast)
  6. ^ Ranter, Harro. "Accident Robinson R22 N412TL, 01 Oct 2021". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  7. ^ Ranter, Harro. "Accident Piper PA-28-181 Archer II N2868H, 01 Oct 2021". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  8. ^ Webb, Brian (2021-10-01). "2 dead after helicopter crashes in Chandler following mid-air collision with plane". FOX 10 Phoenix. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  9. ^ Valencia, Peter. "2 dead after helicopter and plane collide mid-air near Chandler Airport". AZFamily. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  10. ^ a b "2 people killed after helicopter and plane collide midair in Arizona". NBC News. Retrieved 2021-10-01.

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