KIWA
Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport
VFR
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Name
Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
KIWA / AZA / KIWA
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
11:02 am (MST)
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Municipality
Mesa
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Coordinates
33° 18′ 28″ N 111° 39′ 17″ E
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Elevation
1’382 ft (421 m MSL)
About Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport
Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport (IATA: AZA, ICAO: KIWA, FAA LID: IWA), formerly Williams Gateway Airport (1994–2008) and Williams Air Force Base (1948–1993), is an international airport in the southeastern area of Mesa, Arizona, 20 miles (17 nmi; 32 km) southeast of Phoenix, in Maricopa County. The airport, owned and operated by the Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport Authority, is a reliever airport for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. It is a base for Allegiant Air.
The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011 called Phoenix–Mesa Gateway a reliever airport, which is a general aviation airport used to relieve congestion at a large airline airport. Allegiant Air began scheduled service from Mesa in October 2007. Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport reports the airport had 1,772,678 passenger boardings in 2019. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport has different codes for each.