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Show Low Regional Airport (KSOW) sits at 6,401 feet in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona, about two miles east of the town of Show Low. It is an uncontrolled general aviation field that also hosts subsidised commercial service to Phoenix, making it a useful high-altitude waypoint for pilots exploring northeastern Arizona.
Show Low Regional Airport lies just east of the town of Show Low in Navajo County, Arizona, and is owned by the City of Show Low. It combines a busy general aviation base with subsidised Essential Air Service commuter flights to Phoenix, and its high field elevation of 6,401 feet makes it a notable density-altitude consideration for visiting light aircraft pilots.
The airport is uncontrolled, with no operating control tower, and sits in the high country of Arizona's White Mountains east of the town of Show Low. Traffic in the wider area is coordinated with Albuquerque Center on 132.9 MHz.
Show Low Regional has two physical runways. The primary runway, 07/25, is a hard-surfaced, lit runway, with the database recording a length of 7,184 feet from the 25 threshold and 6,486 feet from the 07 threshold. The secondary runway, 04/22, is a hard-surfaced runway of 3,927 feet with no lighting.
Weather is available via AWOS on 118.075 MHz. The field uses a common frequency of 123 MHz for CTAF/UNICOM, and Albuquerque Center provides overlying centre services on 132.9 MHz. There is no ILS at Show Low Regional.
Show Low Regional Airport grew from modest beginnings as a dirt runway with a small terminal into what the city describes as the premier air transportation facility of the White Mountains region. Commercial air service to the field began in 1994 with Scenic Airlines and Arizona Pacific Airlines flying to Phoenix; Arizona Pacific withdrew the following year and Scenic ended service in 1996. Great Lakes Airlines flew to Phoenix from 1996 to 1997, and Sunrise Airlines, an offshoot of Scenic, briefly returned service in 1999 before ending in 2000. The city subsequently secured subsidised air service under the federal Essential Air Service program, with Great Lakes Airlines returning in 2005 to fly to Phoenix and, via a stop at Farmington, New Mexico, to Denver. Great Lakes was replaced by Boutique Air in 2015, serving Phoenix, and Southern Airways Express took over that route on 16 July 2022. A new terminal building opened in August 1999.
Show Low Regional remains an active general aviation airport with 32 based aircraft and around 19,674 annual aircraft operations as of 2022. It continues to host subsidised commercial service, with Contour Airlines currently operating flights to Phoenix-Sky Harbor, and Ameriflight running cargo services to Holbrook, Payson and Phoenix-Sky Harbor. The airport has parallel and connecting taxiways, three aircraft parking ramps, and a terminal building that the city states is open year-round.