K1G4 Grand Canyon West Airport VFR

  • Name
    Grand Canyon West Airport
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    K1G4 / GCW / K1G4
  • Type
  • Region
  • Timezone
    5:59 pm (MST)
  • Municipality
    Peach Springs
  • Coordinates
    35° 59′ 8″ N 113° 49′ 1″ E
  • Elevation
    4’825 ft (1’471 m MSL)

About Grand Canyon West Airport

Grand Canyon West Airport (IATA: GCW, FAA LID: 1G4) is a public airport 60 miles (52 nmi; 97 km) northwest of Peach Springs, in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is owned and operated by the Hualapai tribe and is on the Hualapai Indian Reservation.

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 137,771 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2017. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011 classified it as commercial service - primary because it has over 10,000 passenger boardings per year.

Passengers can fly from Las Vegas or drive (120 miles from Las Vegas) which includes newly paved road that was previously a rough stretch of dirt road.

Plane, helicopter and bus tours are offered. The bus tours stop at Hualapai Ranch, Eagle Point and Guano Point.

Eagle Point is home to the Grand Canyon Skywalk.

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