Chandler Municipal Airport


Chandler Municipal Airport is in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, southeast of Chandler, which owns it. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.
Chandler Municipal is one of the nation’s 50 busiest general aviation airports. It adds to Arizona's economy by bringing in more than $53 million annually. No airlines operate out of Chandler and none plan to in the near future.
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Chandler Municipal is CHD to the FAA and has no IATA code.

Facilities

The airport covers at an elevation of. It has two asphalt runways:
  • 4L/22R measuring
  • 4R/22L measuring
It has one concrete helipad:
  • H1 measuring
The airport has built and improved a heliport facility, airport signage, and aircraft parking space by 10 acres with 90 tie-down spaces. These improvements were made over six years and cost about $7 million. The privately owned parking spaces are at 100% capacity. Affiliated Property Management is the company/HOA that controls the privately owned hangars.
In the year ending April 25, 2011, the airport had 161,750 aircraft operations, an average of 443 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and <1% military. 333 aircraft were then based at the airport: 86% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 3% helicopter, 1% jet, and 1% ultralight.
Operations data :
  • 2004: 233,219
  • 2005: 227,150
  • 2006: 268,093
  • 2007: 260,636
  • 2008: 254,267
  • 2009: 205,771

2021 mid-air collision

In 2021, an aerial collision between two aircraft over Chandler occurred. A Piper PA-28-181 Archer II on a training flight collided with a Robinson R22 near Phoenix. The crash occurred at 07:30 local time.
The Piper PA-28-181 Archer II landed safely with damage to its landing gear. The Robinson R22 crashed and burst into flames.