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Canyonlands Regional Airport (KCNY), also known as Canyonlands Field, lies in the high desert of Grand County, Utah, some 21 miles northwest of Moab and close to the red-rock landscapes of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. It is a non-towered regional field with a single long hard-surface runway, making it a striking VFR destination for pilots exploring southeastern Utah's canyon country.
Canyonlands Regional Airport serves the town of Moab, Utah, and is owned by Grand County. Though it carries scheduled airline traffic, it remains a general-aviation-friendly field set in dramatic high-desert terrain, with Arches and Canyonlands National Parks both within easy reach, making it an appealing stop for a sim pilot wanting canyon scenery alongside a proper regional airport experience.
The airport sits in Grand County, Utah, about 21 miles northwest of the town of Moab, in open high-desert terrain near the Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. It is a non-towered field; pilots can obtain enroute assistance from Denver Center on 134.5 or Cedar City Radio on 122.3, with local traffic and weather handled via ASOS and UNICOM.
Canyonlands Regional has a single physical runway, 03/21, 7,056 feet long with a hard surface and runway lighting. There is no ILS approach.
Weather is available from the ASOS on 118.525 MHz. Denver Center can be reached on 134.5 MHz and Cedar City Radio on 122.3 MHz for flight following or enroute services. The field's UNICOM/CTAF frequency is 122.8 MHz. There is no ATC tower and no ILS at the airport.
As a non-towered airport, traffic at Canyonlands is coordinated by pilots self-announcing on the UNICOM/CTAF frequency of 122.8 MHz, with current weather available beforehand from the on-field ASOS on 118.525 MHz.
The airport lies amid the striking red-rock terrain of southeastern Utah, within a short distance of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and the Colorado River, with the town of Moab located to the southeast as the nearest significant settlement.
Canyonlands Regional Airport opened around 1964-1965 with a 6,900-foot runway on a 15/33 alignment, 140 feet wide. This was replaced in 1985 by the current northeast-southwest runway, 75 feet wide, which forms the basis of today's 03/21 runway. Before Canyonlands opened, air service to Moab was provided from the separate Grand County Airport, eight miles southeast of the town, where the original Frontier Airlines operated from 1959, moving its service to the new Canyonlands field from 1965 until 1975. Over the following decades a succession of commuter carriers served Moab under the federally subsidised Essential Air Service program, including Sun Valley Key Commuter, SkyWest Airlines, Transwestern Airlines, Alpine Air, Sunrise Airlines, Great Lakes Airlines, Salmon Air, and Air Midwest, with service patterns to Salt Lake City, Denver, Grand Junction, and other regional hubs shifting repeatedly as contracts changed. In the latter 2010s the terminal building was substantially expanded to accommodate incoming 50-seat regional jets, reflecting the runway improvements that allowed larger aircraft to operate into the field.
Canyonlands Regional Airport continues to host scheduled airline service, most recently operated by Contour Airlines to Denver and Phoenix Sky Harbor, following earlier periods of service by SkyWest Airlines as Delta Connection and United Express using Canadair CRJ-200 regional jets. Alongside scheduled flights, the airport offers on-site general aviation activity including skydiving and airplane tour operations, reflecting its role as a gateway for visitors to the surrounding national parks.
