Scottsdale Airport KSDL / SDL
Minutes from the Scottsdale resorts, golf courses and Old Town, with three FBOs, CBP and an 8,249 ft runway. The Waste Management Phoenix Open and Barrett-Jackson auction (late January–February) and Super Bowl weeks make it one of the busiest GA ramps in the country, with mandatory parking reservations.
8,249 ft
Longest runway
10 min
Drive to Scottsdale
3
FBOs / handlers
1,510 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24 (voluntary noise abatement 22:00–06:00)
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A, SAF (limited)
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 5 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Up to BBJ/ACJ on an 8,249 ft runway; summer heat limits payload.
- Website
- www.scottsdaleaz.gov/airport
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Signature Flight Support Scottsdale
- Jet Aviation Scottsdale
- Atlantic Aviation Scottsdale
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 8,249 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000E 6,076 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 needs 9,800 ft
Other airports for Scottsdale
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport KPHX 11,489 ft · 25 min