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KMZJ Pinal Airpark VFR

  • Name
    Pinal Airpark
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    KMZJ / MZJ / KMZJ
  • Type
  • Region
  • Timezone
    8:32 am (MST)
  • Municipality
    Marana
  • Coordinates
    32° 30′ 38″ N 111° 19′ 40″ E
  • Elevation
    1’893 ft (577 m MSL)

About Pinal Airpark

Pinal Airpark (IATA: MZJ, ICAO: KMZJ, FAA LID: MZJ), also known as Pinal County Airpark, is a non-towered, county-owned, public-use airport located 8 miles (7.0 nmi; 13 km) northwest of the central business district of Marana, in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. Silverbell Army Heliport (FAA LID: 02AZ) is co-located with Pinal Airpark. The heliport is a private-use military facility operated by the Arizona Army National Guard.

Pinal Airpark's primary function is to serve as a boneyard for civilian commercial aircraft, where the area's dry desert climate mitigates corrosion of the aircraft. It is the largest commercial aircraft storage and heavy maintenance facility in the world. Even so, many aircraft which are brought here wind up being scrapped. Nearby the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base provides the same service to the United States federal government.

Aircraft at Pinal Airpark include those formerly operated by Cathay Dragon, Cathay Pacific, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, Aerosur, Hellenic, Surinam Airways, and other carriers.

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