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KPAN · Payson Airport

ICAO · US · 23 NTSB events

ID KPAN FAA PAN Elev 5,157 ft Lat 34° 15.41' N Lon 111° 20.34' W Zulu …

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Aerial view

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Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 5,504 ft. Max gradient: 0.33%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
06 72.3° 5,504 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 0.33%
24 252.3° 5,504 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 0.33%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 3 frequencies

  • AWOS AWOS 3 119.325
  • FSS PRESCOTT RDO 122.300
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.800

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Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 4 matched · 23 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 06–24: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.
  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL Rwy 06 and 24; PAPI Rwy 06; MIRL Rwy 06–24. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 06–24: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    right traffic

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL Rwy 06 and 24; PAPI Rwy 06; MIRL Rwy 06–24. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (4)

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 06–24: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    Raw FAA text · preamble · operational

    RWY 06–24: H5504X75 (ASPH) S–40, D–50, 2D–100 MIRL 0.3% up E…

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL Rwy 06 and 24; PAPI Rwy 06; MIRL Rwy 06–24. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    ACTVT REIL Rwy 06 and 24; PAPI Rwy 06; MIRL Rwy 06–24—CTAF

  • Airport attended 1400–2300Z. Self-service or limited operations outside attended hours.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · advisory

    Attended 1400–2300Z

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    Wildlife invof arpt.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (23 sentences)
  • ·MIRL Rwy 06–24 preset low intst; incr intst—CTAF.
  • ·Dep noise abatement proc in efect; turn N 30º for 2 NM.
  • ·Arr/dep blw 1000 ft ovr town NA.
  • ·Self svc credit card fuel W end; follow signs–928–970–0887.
  • ·Rwy 24 calm wind rwy less than 5 kts.
  • ·TPA—Prop engine 6203 (1043), jet/multi–engine and large engine 6703 (1543), hel 5703 (543). 150 ft blast pads Rwy 06 and Rwy 24.
  • ·Arpt campground near bravo ramp.
  • ·Rwy 06 rwy end 2–4´ berm 0–150´ fm thr 85–125´ L of cntrln.
  • ·Rwy 24 rwy end 3´ brush 180´ fm rwy acrs thr; 2´ brush 20–170´ fm thr 80–125´ L of cntrln.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 928–978-6684
  • ·AWOS–3PT 119.325 (928) 472–4260.
  • ·CTAF/UNICOM 122.8 COTTONWOOD RCO 122.3 (PRESCOTT RADIO) ®ALBUQUERQUE CENTER APP/DEP CON 127.675
  • ·WINSLOW (VH) (H) VORTACW 112.6 INW Chan 73 N35º03.70´ W110º47.70´ 195º 55.2 NM to fld. 4913/14E.
  • ·VOR unusable: 015º–021º byd 40 NM 022º–032º byd 40 NM blo 31,000´ 033º–043º byd 40 NM blo 13,000´ 033º–043º byd 96 NM 044º–050º byd 40 NM 073º–077º byd 40 NM 120º–160º byd 40 NM 161º–171º byd 40 NM blo 16,000´ 161º–171º byd 48 NM 172º–185º byd 40 NM blo 12,000´ 172º–185º byd 63 NM 186º–191º byd 40 NM 192º–202º byd 40 NM blo 10,000´ 192º–202º byd 62 NM 203º–215º byd 40 NM blo 14,000´ 203º–215º byd 77 NM 216º–281º byd 40 NM 282º–292º byd 40 NM blo 18,000´ 302º–307º byd 40 NM • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • HELIPAD H1: H50X50 (CONC) PAYSON N34º15.27´ W111º20.11´ NOTAM FILE PAN.
  • ·(DH) DME 116.35 PAN Chan 110(Y) at Payson. 5268.
  • ·DME unusable: 005º–075º byd 26 NM blo 13,000´ 203º–239º byd 30 NM blo 13,000´ 311º–004º byd 30 NM blo 16,000´ PEACH SPRINGS GRAND CANYON CAVERNS (L37) 9 E UTC–7 N35º31.63´ W113º14.85´ 5397 NOTAM FILE PRC RWY 05–23: 5100X45 (GRVL) RWY 05: Fence.
  • ·Rwy 05–23 3 ft brush 10 ft fm rwy full length.
  • ·Rwy 05 4–6 ft fence 200 ft from dthr both sides.
  • ·Fence in prim sfc 400–800 ft fm thr.
  • ·Rwy 05–23 dthr mkd with 2 tires both side.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 928-422-3223
  • ·CTAF/UNICOM 122.8 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD ctc Los Angeles ARTCC at 661-575-2079.
  • ·COMM/NAV/WEATHER REMARKS: Monitor 122.8 within 5 NM. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – PHOENIX H–4J, L–5C, 8G IAP PHOENIX H–4J, L–5C, 8G PHOENIX SW, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

Tags

E69

Source: OurAirports community

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FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

23 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

24

since 1982

Fatal

3

12.5% of total

Last 5 years

2

≈ 0.4/yr

Last 10 years

6

≈ 0.6/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 41,850 ops in 2005

2024 total

34,250

10-yr total

342,500

2024 mix

AC/AT 5% · GA 93% · Mil 1%

Events / million ops

17.5

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

2.19

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=5

  • Ground collision 2
  • Gear-up landing 1
  • Stall / spin 1
  • Loss of control 1

All time · n=23

  • Loss of control 4
  • Stall / spin 4
  • Engine failure / power loss 3
  • Controlled flight into terrain 2
  • Hard landing 2
  • Gear-up landing 2
  • Ground collision 2
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2011-07-14 TAYLORCRAFT CORP F-22 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2005-11-07 Piper PA-28-161 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · night →
2024-04-14 Team Rocket F1 · Ground collision · VMC · day →
2022-12-26 AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8GCBC · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2018-10-13 Cessna T240 · Stall / spin · dusk →
2018-05-30 Cessna 172 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2017-06-04 Cessna 172 · Ground collision · VMC · day →
2016-04-06 Cessna 172 · Other · VMC · day →
2013-08-28 BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON 206L-1 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2012-12-18 Piper PA-31-350 · Weather · day →
2012-10-27 Jeffair Barracuda · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2011-04-16 Cessna 172S · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2009-12-11 Cessna 182P · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2009-10-03 Cessna 172A · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2009-02-01 Grumman AA-5 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2007-05-07 Cessna 172S · Hard landing · day →
2006-05-28 Diamond Aircraft Industries HK 36 TTC · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2004-08-28 Gibbs Kitfox IV · CFIT · VMC · day →
2003-05-17 Cessna 172N · CFIT · VMC · day →
2002-12-28 Lipscomb Lancair 235 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2002-01-26 Cessna 172M · Runway excursion · VMC · day →
2001-06-15 Cessna 170B · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2000-09-10 Piper PA-28-180 · Loss of control · VMC · day →

Designees in AZ

CFI Flight Instructors 2,748 A&P Mechanics 8,011 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 32 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 19 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 2 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 9 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 7 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 9 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 46 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 124 APD Aircrew Program Designees (APD) 20 TCE Training Center Evaluators (TCE) 23 ODA Organizational Designations 11 Schools Flight Schools 61 FBO Fixed Base Operators 57 Clubs Flying Clubs 19 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 8 EAA EAA Chapters 20

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Craig Albert Sossi Scottsdale AZ 43 nm
Daniel Jeffrey Gimbel Scottsdale AZ 43 nm
Dustin Don Suchor Scottsdale AZ 43 nm
Joseph Samuel Sottile Scottsdale AZ 43 nm
Robert Jennings Baldock Scottsdale AZ 43 nm
William Scott Scottsdale AZ 43 nm
Neel Kamal Chopra Paradise Valley AZ 52 nm
Jason Wiliam Anderson Prescott Valley AZ 53 nm
Ben York Mesa AZ 55 nm
Brian Knauss Mesa AZ 55 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Douglas Paul Avakian Payson AZ 1 nm
Russell Martin Hustead Payson AZ 1 nm
Dale Harold Mueller Payson AZ 1 nm
David Glenn Welsh Payson AZ 1 nm
Philip Eugene Jossi Payson AZ 1 nm
Patrick Lee Mcgarry Payson AZ 1 nm
Joseph Justin Grekowicz Payson AZ 1 nm
Gary Carl Schneider Payson AZ 1 nm
Roberto Bobby Alexander Jr Payson AZ 1 nm
Michael J Andresen Payson AZ 1 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Philip Edmund Barth Jr Payson AZ 1 nm
Michael John Glenn Payson AZ 1 nm
David James Oldenkamp Payson AZ 1 nm
Daren Patrick Dufriend Payson AZ 1 nm
Dennis Dean Romain Payson AZ 1 nm
Ronald Walter Ward Payson AZ 1 nm
Timothy Robert Weber Payson AZ 1 nm
David Glenn Welsh Payson AZ 1 nm
Patrick Lee Mcgarry Payson AZ 1 nm
Ronald Lee Chase Payson AZ 1 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Aero Panache
Scottsdale, AZ
 48 nm
SawyerMX
Scottsdale, AZ
 48 nm
Arizona Aircraft Interior Design, Inc.
Mesa, AZ
 52 nm
Falcon Executive Aviation
Mesa, AZ
 52 nm
FLITE Instruments & Avionics
Chandler, AZ
 64 nm
Arizona Aeropainting
Eloy, AZ
 88 nm
Sonora Avionics, Inc.
Tucson, AZ
 128 nm
Miller Avionics
Nogales, AZ
 172 nm
AtheneAir - Maintenance
Boulder City, NV
 200 nm
Black Mountain Avionics, Inc.
Boulder City, NV
 200 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.