Airports
Airport Gate Codes
DVT hangar 0732*
DVT Pilot office 208208#
PHX AmeriFlight 5109
SEZ #1230 (terminal and restaurant)
1G4 54321
GCN gates 4 (terminal) and 8 (GA) 119#
GCN gift shop 3030
GCN pilot house 2252
PGA ped gate 1176*
0V7 #1234
SOW 1230# or 12300?
FLG 1345
Holbrook 12280
Maverick 1G4 radio 133.05
GCN Desert View gate 7805
DVT
DVT Standardized Taxi Routes Final Signed.pdf
DVT Air Safety and Surface Error Prevention Program.pdf
Arizona Practice Areas – Arizona Flight Training Workgroup
The fuel that you have sumped out of the CE-207s or CE-208s can be dumped in the red fuel cans located on the north side of the fuel farm (west side of hangar.)
Fuel orders will be placed by the PIC. If you need oil for either the CE-208 or CE-207, use oil from the pilot’s office first. If we’re out then ask line service for what you need. If you need to add a quart of oil, make sure it is documented on your flight sheet. Always keep a spare quart in the plane, so it is available if needed later at a point line service is not available. All fuel orders will be placed and monitored by the pilot.
When departing, call Ops with your off time on 130.30, then switch to 122.52. time. When arriving at DVT, call Operations on 130.30 when 10 minutes out. They will give you parking and you can give them a fuel order if needed**.**
SEZ
For dropoff and pickup, all Westwind airplanes can park in front of the terminal along the taxiway, in front of the main pedestrian gate, for no more than 10-15 minutes. Don’t block the airport vehicles. The office will tell SEZ pax to meet you at the ped gate, so you can leave your DVT pax in the plane.
Pistons can park and tie down at any open spot in front of the main terminal. Caravans overnighting can tie down on the south ramp west of the fuel farm. Don’t part on the line closer to the terminal. Alternatively, you can tie down on the A4 ramp. There is a restroom next to the hanger on the A4 ramp, door code 1230.
When you sump fuel at Sedona it has to be taken to the fuel farm. However, the jet truck has a sump can, so it’s easier to sump while the truck is fueling you. Fuel can be ordered by the PIC from Redrock Aviation at the counter inside the terminal or at 928-282-1046. We have a credit card on file.
Park company vehicles along the fence line west of the terminal parking lot.
Winter
Operations should avoid overnighting airplanes at SEZ when the forecast low is below 45F, due to the likelihood of frost.
GCN
Sumped fuel must be dumped in the fuel tank north of the GCA hangar.
Fuel orders should be placed over the phone with the front desk of Grand Canyon Airlines at (928) 638-7121, which is the FBO on the field. If there is no answer at the GCA front desk, call the GCA hangar phone, (928) 638-7119. Check with our GCN office for any changes.
GCA fuel is severely understaffed and overwhelmed during their first hour of opening. If you have a morning flight scheduled close to the time that GCA fuel opens, fuel your aircraft the day before during regular hours. Otherwise, if you wait until the morning to get fuel, you will almost assuredly depart late. Always take as much fuel as you need to be safe and legal. However, be judicious and calculate your fuel requirements instead of just blindly telling the linemen to “top it off.”
Piston and turbine oil can be found in the “pilot” cabinet in our gift shop.
Rows 2 and 3 in front of the main terminal are reserved for Westwind, except the spot closest to the fence on row 3. Do not park in this spot: this is Paragon Skydiving’s spot, which they pay for.
When calling for taxi, give your row number and flight direction.
If high winds are forecast and for all overnights, park your airplane at the outer end of row 4 (pistons), or row 5 or 6 (Caravans) and tie down the wings with the ratchet straps in the airplane (there are no tail anchors.)
The tower provides separation between the parachute jumpers and all aircraft. The tower will not clear an aircraft to land or depart, or to taxi on Alpha adjacent to the landing zone when jumpers are in the air. Expect an extended downwind or possibly to be sent to a reporting point such as the Square.
Winter
Operations should avoid overnighting airplanes on the ramp at GCN when the forecast low is below 45F, due to the likelihood of frost. If it’s unavoidable, the airplane should be hangared at GCA if at all possible.
Bar Ten Ranch (1Z1)
- Plan your Caravan fuel so that you’ll land at Bar Ten with 1000 pounds. That works well with their typical loads. If they have an unusually heavy load, they’ll notify DVT
- Do round-robin flight following to Bar Ten then Cliff Dwellers. Verizon is good at Cliff Dwellers
- Grand Canyon Airlines operates frequent flights to and from Bar Ten
- Pilots can’t use the Brown routes unless they’ve had a familiarization flight on each route
- Approaches from SE, depart GCN. If runway 21, climb runway heading to 8000, if 3, turn west. Fly westbound along the SFAR boundary and continue climb to 9000. Abeam the Diamond Creek Sector, cross the SFAR at 9000 MSL and monitor 127.05. Avoid the SW corner of the Flight Free Zone
- Call Bar Ten 20 minutes out or when able, on 122.9. Use the Explorer callsign, not the N number. Bar Ten expects the Explorer callsign
- When within 3 nm of 1Z1, descend on the upwind and crosswind, then enter the left downwind for 34 at 5100 MSL
- Be aware of low-flying helicopters east of the runway
- Approaches from NE, pass north of the high terrain north of Bar Ten, then descend to enter the left downwind for 34. Remain clear of the SFAR
- If the wind does not permit landing 34, DO NOT LAND
- Park at the north end of the ramp, facing the runway. Turn right and taxi along the right edge, then turn left and park facing the runway. This leaves room for the next airplane, between you and the Otter part of the ramp
- Depart runway 16 to Cliff Dwellers along the west wide of the valley, then turn left and fly over the strip northbound. Climb north until clear of the terrain to the NE and the NW corner of the Toroweap/Shinumo Flight Free Zone, then direct Cliff Dwellers
- Make a departure call on 122.9
GCN to 1Z1
Cliff Dwellers (AZ03)
The strip is regularly maintained and wide enough to turn around at any point. You should be able to land on the first half and park midfield without having to back-taxi.
- Arriving from the southwest, approach along the Vermilion Cliffs, remaining northwest of the highway until entering the pattern
- Call on 122.9 when Cliff Dwellers is in view. They won’t hear you further out when the cliffs block your line of sight
- Cross the highway to enter left downwind for 22 if the wind is calm or SW
- If runway 4, make right traffic
- There is a windsock at each end of the runway, and a wind T and sock at midfield
- Park at a 45-degree angle to the strip along the runway side of the ditch at midfield. Make gradual turns and avoid braking- there are soft spots. Do not taxi across the bridge into the tie-down area close to the wind T
- Escort your pax across the (shallow) ditch and keep them on that side. A van from Cliff Dwellers will meet them there
- Departing runway 22, cross the highway, and climb along the cliffs until able to turn on course
- Departing runway 4, make a right downwind departure, cross the highway, and climb along the cliffs until able to turn on course. Do not depart straight out to the northeast because you will violate the SFAR
- You must be at 8000 MSL or above to enter the SFAR
- If going to PGA, make a right turn on course when above the cliffs
- If going to GCN, climb SW along the SFAR boundary until above 8000, then direct Dragon or Zuni Corridors and continue climbing to 10,500 MSL. Or, go around the SE corner of the Desert View FFZ at 10000
Cliff Dwellers and Marble Canyon Airports
Cliff Dwellers Airstrip (AZ03)
1G4
All Westwind aircraft, park in rows 2 and 3 (row 1 is GCA). See Operations, Airports for the gate code.
PGA
The fuel you have sumped at the Page location can be dumped inside the Classic FBO building. There is a door located on the north side of the building that is unlocked. You can walk in unannounced and dump in a black fifty five gallon drum with a large red funnel in the top. All jet fuel can go in this drum. There is also an Avgas drum. If the door is locked early in the morning, the small JetA truck (usually parked against the fence) has a sump can at the left rear.
Fuel orders will be placed by the PIC. All fuel and oil comes from the Classic FBO. The number to call is (928) 645-5356. When ordering fuel at this location make sure you “Tanker up”. For trips with other stops, try to take enough fuel to get you back to Page, if your weight and balance will allow it. Never tanker to the point you will be over weight for the next landing or tour.
When entering the pattern from the west, cross the city at 6000 MSL then descend into the appropriate downwind east of the runway. Caravans park on our Caravan line between the jet line and the singles. Pistons park in any of the singles tie downs. Pistons should only park on the Caravan line during winter or for quick turns, when there is space. For 208’s, If high winds are forecast, use the webbing tiedowns provided with the aircraft to supplement the chains. Caravans will break the standard size chains.
Winter
Operations should avoid overnighting airplanes on the ramp at PGA when the forecast low is below 45F, due to the likelihood of frost. If it’s unavoidable, the airplane should be hangared in the American hangar.
UT25
Monument Valley (Goulding’s) is a one-way airstrip with terrain that rises 1000 feet 0.5 miles to the south, so landings are always on 16 and takeoffs are on 34. It must be treated with respect. Our standard procedure is to enter crosswind over the town/campground of Goulding (the Gap) at 6500 MSL, then fly along the cliffs just south of Goulding’s Lodge. This gives a view of the airstrip, the parking situation, and the ponds- which you can use to determine wind direction (the orange windsocks are hard to see.) Then turn downwind and start your descent to pattern altitude (6000). Extend downwind to give yourself at least a 1-mile final. The airplane must be fully configured to land at a half-mile final, which is your last chance to do a go-around. If anything is making you uncomfortable at that point- turbulence, sheer, airspeed, go around. Inside a half-mile final, you are committed to land.
Parking is limited on the paved commercial ramp so we need to park our airplanes close together, nose to tail, at right angles to the runway. The first airplane should pull up to or just past the white line at the south end of the ramp, with the right wing just inside the fence. The second airplane on the same tour should taxi along the west fence then park nose to the tail of the first airplane. The third airplane parks to the left but close to the first airplane, then the fourth airplane parks behind the third. As long as the third and fourth airplanes park close to the first two, there’s room for two more airplanes, especially if they are pistons.
If you have to park in the gravel, park facing slightly downhill then use idle power until you are on the runway. Then back taxi uphill for takeoff.
0V7
All Westwind aircraft, exit the runway at A3 and park on the large ramp. Do not park on the medivac ramp (A2 and A1). Watch for the tour bus- they may not realize you’re on the large ramp.
These procedures are subject to change