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Page Municipal Airport sits a mile east of the town of Page in northern Arizona, close to Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon Dam, and serves as a general aviation and scenic-flight base as well as a subsidised regional airline stop under the Essential Air Service programme. It is an uncontrolled field with two asphalt runways, making it a straightforward but scenic VFR destination for pilots heading into the canyon country of the American Southwest.
Page Municipal Airport is a public-use aerodrome a mile east of Page, Arizona, in Coconino County. It is primarily a general aviation field but also handles regular sightseeing operations over Lake Powell and the Grand Canyon area and hosts subsidised scheduled airline service under the federal Essential Air Service programme, currently flown by Contour Airlines. For the simulator pilot it offers an interesting mix of quiet uncontrolled operations against a dramatic desert and canyon backdrop.
The airport lies in uncontrolled airspace and has no operating control tower, so pilots must self-announce and coordinate with other traffic on the common frequency. It is situated about one mile east of the town of Page, in Coconino County in far northern Arizona, close to Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon Dam.
The airfield has two paved runways. The main runway, 15/33, is a hard-surfaced strip 5,953 feet long and lit for night operations. The secondary runway, 07/25, is also hard-surfaced; it is listed at 1,610 feet from the runway 07 threshold and 2,196 feet from the runway 25 threshold, and is not lit. There is no instrument landing system at the field.
Weather is broadcast on the ASOS at 120.625 MHz. Air traffic advisory coverage is available from Denver Center on 127.55 MHz, with a remote radio outlet to Prescott Radio on 122.45 MHz. As the field has no tower, the common traffic advisory frequency and UNICOM are combined on 122.8 MHz, which pilots should use to make position calls and coordinate with other aircraft in the pattern.
Page Municipal is an uncontrolled airport, so arriving and departing pilots are expected to make their intentions and position known on the CTAF/UNICOM frequency of 122.8 MHz and to see and avoid other traffic in the pattern, following standard practice for a non-towered field.
The town of Page and the airport lie close to Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon Dam, both prominent and highly visible landmarks from the air that help pilots orient themselves when approaching the field from any direction; the distinctive slot formations of Antelope Canyon lie in the same immediate area.
The airport traces its origins to the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam, when Royce K Knight established the original Page airfield and ran its fixed-base operation, offering scenic flights over the Grand Canyon and Lake Powell. In recognition of this, the airport was officially named Royce K Knight Field on July 14, 1988. Scheduled airline service began in the early 1960s when Bonanza Air Lines flew Fairchild F-27 turboprops into Page, connecting to Phoenix via the Grand Canyon and to Salt Lake City via Cedar City. Through subsequent mergers and rebrandings, the route was flown by Air West, Hughes Airwest, and later by SkyWest Airlines, first independently and then as Western Express and Delta Connection. Later operators included Great Lakes Airlines, Scenic Airlines, and Sunrise Airlines, with Great Lakes ceasing operations in 2018 and Contour Airlines taking over scheduled service that same year.
Page Municipal today functions mainly as a general aviation airport, with a mix of single and multi-engine aircraft, a small number of helicopters and jets based on the field, and regular sightseeing flights over Lake Powell and the Grand Canyon. It also retains subsidised scheduled passenger service under the Essential Air Service programme, currently operated by Contour Airlines using Embraer regional jets to destinations such as Phoenix and Las Vegas. The airport remains uncontrolled, with no tower, and pilots should be prepared to operate on a self-announce basis.