Payson Airport is a public airport located one mile (2 km) west of the central business district of Payson, a town in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The airport covers 80 acres and has one runway and one helipad. It is mostly used for general aviation, and is host to a number of fire-fighting aircraft during the summer fire season.Facilities and AircraftFacilitiesPayson Airport covers an area of 80acre which contains one asphalt paved runway, and one concrete helipad: Runway 6/24 measuring 5,504 x 75 ft (1,678 x 23 m)Helipad 1 (H1) measuring 50 x 50 ft (15 x 15 m)The airport does not have an air traffic control tower.For the period ending 27, April 2011, the airport had 41,245 operations at an average of 113 a day. 60% transient general aviation, 36% local general aviation, 4% air taxi and <1% military.Payson Aviation is the main provider of fixed-based operations. Payson Air also provides some services such as aircraft maintenance. They are the airport's only flight training school.
