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Sedona Airport (KSEZ) sits atop Tabletop Mesa, some 500 feet above the city of Sedona in Arizona's Verde Valley, and is widely promoted as America's Most Scenic Airport. It is a single-runway, non-towered field surrounded by red-rock scenery, used by general aviation, scenic air tour operators and business jets alike.
Sedona Airport is a small, non-towered general aviation field perched on Tabletop Mesa, roughly 500 feet above the city of Sedona, Arizona, in the Verde Valley. It is managed by the Sedona-Oak Creek Airport Authority, with Red Rock Aviation operating as the field's FBO and Avfuel dealer. The airport has been recognised by the Arizona Department of Transportation as the 2025 Arizona Airport of the Year and is marketed as "America's Most Scenic Airport", a reputation earned from its dramatic red-rock setting, making it a memorable destination for visiting simulator pilots as well as real-world aviators (sedonaairport.org).
The airport lies about two miles southwest of downtown Sedona, Arizona, atop Tabletop Mesa in the Verde Valley (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedona_Airport). It is a non-towered field; radio guidance associated with the airport includes an Albuquerque Center frequency and a Prescott Radio frequency, indicating its position within Albuquerque Center's airspace and Prescott's flight service coverage area.
Sedona has a single physical runway, 03/21, oriented northeast-southwest. Runway 03 is 5,138 feet long and Runway 21 is 5,121 feet long, both on a hard surface and lit. There is no ILS approach.
Sedona Airport's aerodrome advisory frequency is 126.375 MHz. Weather is available on AWOS at 118.525 MHz. Albuquerque Center can be reached on 124.325 MHz, and Prescott Radio on 122.3 MHz. The common traffic advisory frequency and UNICOM is 123.0 MHz.
The airport publishes noise abatement guidance for pilots on its official website, reflecting its position directly above the city of Sedona, though specific circuit heights and joining instructions are not detailed in the available material (sedonaairport.org).
The airport's position atop Tabletop Mesa, roughly 500 feet above the city of Sedona, makes it a highly visible landmark amid the surrounding red-rock terrain of the Verde Valley, and is one of the field's most distinctive features for pilots approaching visually (sedonaairport.org).
Sedona Airport has one runway, numbered 3 and 21, and one helipad, and covers 220 acres. Around 1980 it was served by the short-lived Desert Pacific Airlines. By 1990 the runway had been improved and the airport began receiving scheduled service from a local carrier; Air Sedona, founded by Jack Seeley in 1981, flew to Sedona from Phoenix Sky Harbor, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon and other destinations until 1995. Scenic Airlines discontinued its service to Sedona in April 1997. The airport has also been the scene of serious accidents: on 26 July 2012, two-time Olympic distance runner Pat Porter, his 15-year-old son Connor, and Connor's 14-year-old friend Connor Mantsch died when the Beechcraft Duke Porter was piloting crashed after takeoff. On 25 April 2021, a Cessna 182 Skylane crashed at the airport, injuring two people (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedona_Airport).
Today Sedona Airport is operated day-to-day by the Sedona-Oak Creek Airport Authority, with Red Rock Aviation serving as the on-field FBO and an Avfuel dealer providing fuel and other guest services to visiting aircraft, from single-engine types to large private jets. The terminal keeps seasonal opening hours: 7am to 6:30pm from January through February and November through December, 7am to 7:30pm in March-April and mid-to-late October, and 7am to 8:30pm from May through mid-October. The airport hosts community aviation events such as its annual Wings and Wheels fly-in (sedonaairport.org).