Kayenta Airport


Kayenta Airport is a public use airport located southeast of the central business district of Kayenta, in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It is owned by Kayenta Township, which is part of the Navajo Nation.
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. It is one of six airports owned by the Navajo Nation; the other five being Chinle Airport, Tuba City Airport and Window Rock Airport in Arizona, plus Crownpoint Airport and Shiprock Airport in New Mexico.

Facilities and aircraft

Kayenta Airport covers an area of 140 acres at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,101 by 75 feet. For the 12-month period ending April 17, 2010, the airport had 2,000 aircraft operations, an average of 166 per month: 75% general aviation and 25% air taxi.