Aviation View | Volume 1, Issue 2

112 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 AT A GLANCE SEDONA AIRPORT WHAT: A robust general aviation airport with a fabulous mesa location WHERE: Thirty minutes from Flagstaff, Arizona; two miles from Sedona CBD WEBSITE: www.sedonaairport.org ort W hen you picture the wild west with those imposing red stone cliffs, bluffs, mesa, and mountains – you could be dreaming of Sedona, Arizona. This desert resort town located 90 miles from the fastest growing metropolitan in the nation is surrounded by natural beauty; the red-rock buttes, steep canyon walls and pine forests that glow orange and red with the dazzling sunrises and sunsets. Now imagine landing your plane on a mesa, up above the city, where the Sedona Airport takes up a commanding 250-acre view from its mountaintop perch. “It is kind of like landing on an aircraft carrier,” says Edward A. Rose, Airport General Manager with a chuckle. “We are on a mesa right smack in the middle of downtown Sedona, 500 feet above the city!” The Town of Sedona is known for its outdoor recreation and beautiful vistas, vibrant arts community, fine dining, and spiritual health and wellbeing. It is a town that is alive with passion and culture, and the airport is an amazing launchpad to all that it has to offer. The airport first began to take shape in 1956, and by 1957 there was a 3,700-foot runway and four aircraft based on the strip. As Picture that!