Arizona | Business Air News

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Business aviation in Arizona

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
44

Based business aircraft available for charter:
166

Business air charter brokers:
17

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Airbus Helicopters H135	14
2	Twin Commander	13
3	Cessna Caravan	9
4	Hawker 750/800/900	7
5	Pilatus PC-12	7
6	Beechcraft King Air 90	6
7	Beechcraft Premier	6
8	Learjet 45	6
9	Cessna Citation CJ3	6
10	Beechcraft King Air 200	6
11	Bell 206L LongRanger	5
12	Gulfstream GIV	5
13	Viking DHC-6	4
14	Bell 206B JetRanger	4
15	Embraer Phenom 300	4
16	Learjet 60	4
17	MDH 600	4
18	Challenger 300	3
19	Eclipse 500 series	3
20	Gulfstream G100 series/Astra	3
21	HondaJet	3
22	Beechcraft Twin Piston	3
23	Embraer Legacy 600/650	3
24	Citation 560XL	3
25	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	2
26	Learjet 35/36	2
27	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	2
28	Pilatus PC-24	2
29	Gulfstream GV	2
30	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	2
31	Airbus Helicopters H130	2
32	Cessna Citation CJ2	2
33	Fairchild Swearingen Metro/Merlin	1
34	Falcon 900	1
35	Bell 212	1
36	Agusta A119	1
37	Robinson R66	1
38	Beechjet 400	1
39	Bell 407	1
40	Bell 222	1
41	Gulfstream G500/G600	1
42	Challenger 601	1
43	Challenger 604	1
44	Hawker 4000	1
45	Challenger 605	1
46	Citation 560	1
47	Citation Latitude	1
48	Boeing B-737	1
49	Citation 550/551	1
50	Learjet 31	1
51	Cessna Citation CJ4	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Scottsdale	39 business aviation companies active
2	Phoenix (Phoenix-Mesa Gateway)	18
3	Mesa (Falcon Field)	18
4	Phoenix (Sky Harbor International)	18
5	Tucson International	15
6	Phoenix (Deer Valley)	11
7	Glendale Municipal	9
8	Chandler Municipal	9
9	Goodyear (Phoenix Goodyear)	8
10	Prescott (Ernest A. Love Field)	5
11	Page Municipal	5
12	Show Low Regional	4
13	Winslow Lindbergh Regional	4
14	Lake Havasu City	4
15	Buckeye Municipal	4
16	Tucson (Marana Regional)	4
17	Bullhead City (Laughlin/Bullhead International)	4
18	Sedona	3
19	Safford Regional	3
20	Coolidge Municipal	3
21	Kingman	3
22	Grand Canyon National Park	3
23	Flagstaff Pulliam	3
24	Casa Grande Municipal	3
25	Marana (Pinal Airpark)	3
26	Yuma International	3
27	Nogales International	3
28	Taylor	2
29	St Johns Industrial Air Park	2
30	Tucson (Ryan Field)	2
31	Window Rock	2
32	Payson	2
33	Cottonwood	2
34	Willcox (Cochise County)	2
35	Parker (Avi Suquilla)	2
36	Holbrook Municipal	2
37	Bisbee Municipal	2
38	Fort Huachuca/Sierra Vista (Sierra Vista Municipal - Libby Army Airfield)	2
39	Eloy Municipal	2
40	Wickenburg Municipal	2
41	Springerville Municipal	2
42	Williams (H.A. Clark Memorial Field)	2
43	Colorado City Municipal	2
44	Maricopa (Ak-Chin Regional)	2
45	Bullhead City (Sun Valley)	2
46	Peach Springs (Grand Canyon West)	2
47	Douglas Bisbee (Bisbee Douglas International)	2
48	Douglas Municipal	2
49	Seligman	1
50	Chinle Municipal	1
51	Sells	1
52	Bagdad	1
53	Whiteriver	1
54	Bullhead City (Eagle Airpark)	1
55	Kayenta	1
56	Temple Bar	0
57	Tuba City	0
58	Tombstone Municipal	0
59	Globe (San Carlos Apache)	0
60	Polacca	0
61	Douglas (Cochise College)	0
62	Ajo Eric Marcus Municipal	0
63	Glendale Luke Air Force Base	0
64	Yuma Proving Ground(Yuma) Laguna Army Airfield	0
65	Marble Canyon	0
66	Gila Bend Af Aux	0
67	Benson Municipal	0
68	San Manuel	0
69	Kearny	0
70	Gila Bend Municipal	0
71	Tucson Davis Monthan Air Force Base	0
72	Clifton/Morenci (Greenlee County)	0
73	Grand Canyon Valle	0
74	Chandler (Stellar Airpark)	0

Business aviation suppliers in Arizona

Maintenance 33 • Completions 2 • Training 3

Thales and StandardAero teams mark the certification of the StableLight autopilot for Airbus AS350 and H125 helicopters.

Four-axis autopilot enhances safety for StandardAero and Thales

Thales and StandardAero have achieved an STC from the FAA for the StableLight autopilot, a four-axis system that is now available for retrofit on AS350 and H125 platforms.

November 27, 2023 Full report

April Morina is responsible for facilities at St Louis Downtown airport in Illinois; Palm Beach, Florida; Appleton, Wisconsin; and Westfield, Massachusetts.

Gulfstream customer support makes strategic appointments

Sasha Cejic, Robert Medina and April Morina have each been promoted to regional vice president of service centre operations following customer support facility expansions across the US and UK.

November 20, 2023 Full report

AIBot head of aircraft systems Ramey Jamil and executive chairman Jerry Wang; Honeywell senior director, global sales and account management, AAM Taylor Alberstadt and president, EMEAI commercial aerospace Ryan Lees; and AIBot chief engineer John Clarkson.

AIBot selects Honeywell's flight controls for electric aircraft

Honeywell's cFBW system brings benefits such as enhanced safety protocols, operational efficiency and unprecedented flexibility in aircraft design. It enables the removal of conventional mechanical linkages.

November 16, 2023 Full report

Sierra Vista Municipal is a joint-use civil-military airport which shares facilities with Libby Army Airfield.

Avfuel brings Arizona airport into brand partnership

Avfuel has partnered with Sierra Vista Municipal, a GA airport with three runways and a helipad. The military joint-use airport is expanding airside and landside facilities to support additional aircraft and business tenants.

November 14, 2023 Full report

Industry leader hightails it to Bluetail

Bluetail has appointed its new chief technology officer. Kent Pickard has more than twenty years of industry experience to bring with him to drive the company's technology and product vision.

November 12, 2023 Full report