Grand Canyon Airlines

at Grand Canyon National Park Airport

From Robert Travis on 28-May-2008

Flew in on Memorial Day weekend. Called ahead to make sure ramp space available and it was. On taxi in, asked for and got a lead in cart. Please note 3 different operators have joined together into 1 FBO. GA is parked towards the tower (row 9 to 11). Signs on fence tell you what row you are on. If available, FBO will send a person in a van to ferry you to the terminal. Also, if you want to go into the park.. They will call for cab. Cost is $5/person 1 way and then there is the entrance fee of $6 per person. However, everyone at the FBO was very nice and helpful. Gave good first impression to a great destination. Do watch the heavy helicopter traffic and density altitude. Another comment about Grand Canyon Airport.. Arizona DOT is in charge of the airport and has a pilot (pun intended) website showing the approaches to each runway. Check them out and let ADOT know what you think of this potential new service..
 

From Mike McCann on 15-Feb-2008

Planning a flight to GCN next week. Very concerned about the airport "shutting down" comments. Does anyone have an update? I called the FBO and they said they now close at 6pm! Unclear if the total airport gets chained-up every night.
 

From Morten Boyd on 15-Dec-2007

Flew into GCN Nov-17 and arrived shortly after the FBO closed (7:30 p.M.). Called a taxi using the phone list posted at FBO, but to our horror, there was no way to exit the airport. All the exits were locked with chains. We ended up having to climb the fence. (Good thing my old mom wasn't with me.) When we asked the FBO the next morning, they acknowledged that this was the new policy of the airport owners and that there was nothing they could do about it.
 

From Lawrence Calder on 01-Aug-2007

True what has been written about this FBO. They are oriented towards the local charter operations, but that didn't prevent them from providing excellent fueling and tie down service for me. With the purchase of fuel, all three nights of parking were waived. Bathrooms were minimally okay. Shuttle to Grand Canyon is $10/pp.
 

From Kent McKee on 08-Jul-2007

If you have to have a full service FBO, avoid this stop. However, if all you need is an airport close to a major national park, a very friendly tower, good runway, fuel and a place to tie down, this is your stop.
 

From Ken Maples on 31-May-2007

VERY expensive fuel. As others have said, nice folks, but besides a tie down there isn’t much else going on. The shop has two chairs and a counter to gouge you for fuel - that's it.
 

From Lawrence Calder on 25-May-2007

I made arrangements with them for 3 nights of parking of my Cherokee. With the purchase of fuel, fees were waived. Staff was helpful and rest rooms were clean. Taxi fare into National Park is $10, plus admission fee to our National Park of $6 p/p.
 

From Brian Maulhardt on 19-Apr-2007

Arrived mid morning. Tower very helpful. No problems in tie down area. Serviced with 100LL. Very expensive at $5.40 per gallon, but very helpful and prompt. Called for the taxi to the park ($15 for the four of us) one-way plus park fee ($6 per person). Easy arrival and departure even with tour operators coming and going. Will do it again.
 

From Robert Whirley on 02-Oct-2006

Arrived in a King Air in late August for an overnight stay. Line service staff was prompt with fuel, and found a cart to carry our luggage out to the curbside taxi. Limited facilities but very helpful folks!
 

From Anthony Williams on 12-Sep-2006

A note that I just sent to this fuel sales provider: Sabrina Elias, I just called your office and talked with Tim, who gave me this email address. As I explained to you then, I needed the receipt to be reimbursed for fuel expenses, but the folks who actually paid for the fuel were now back home in Italy with the receipt. Attached is the fuel receipt that I had initially called you to get from you in the third week of August 2006. It was then you indicated that you couldn't find it, and later called to tell me that we hadn't paid for the fuel: Your insistence that I had not paid for the fuel, in hindsight, makes me believe that you didn't look very hard for the receipt that I asked for. The numerous phone calls that I've received from you in the past all seemed to suggest that if I would just pay you again for the fuel all would be well. I do want to thank you, however, for arranging for the "Xanterra" van to take us to the south rim of the Grand Canyon.
 

From Daren Sorenson on 29-Jul-2006

You'd think this airport would have a full service FBO with its location to the canyon. Not. It's not fair to bash GCA, they are a charter service the fuel shop is next door. I call them a fuel shop cause they're not really an FBO. They can handle fuel, oil and limited charts for the area and that's about it. Getting into town was a hassle, no car, no rentals, but a nice guy next door drove us in on his way home. Found a nice guy in town to give us a ride back. If you're going to fly in, make sure you have arrangements made ahead of time for what you'll need during your stay. Everyone was VERY nice and did everything they could to help us out, they are just NOT setup to serve GA. Fuel was much more expensive than anywhere else I'd been.
 

From Dmitriy Kosarikov on 18-Apr-2006

Flew to KGCN on April 6. Plenty of tie-down space but you need to aks for ropes and chokes (available free). Taxi ride to the Park is only $10 through Xanterra and will be arranged by the same folks who sell you fuel. Those unhappy with the amount of attention to GA aircraft need to remember that these guys are running commercial operations for air tour industry and have no time and resources to cater to small fish like us. I think they still do a decent job.
 

From Paul M. Ferroni N811MC Mariah Fuels on 22-Mar-2006

I arrived on 3-15-06, and parked myself. The FBO line guy's sat on a bench and watched me. As I approached them, I was asked if I needed anything, and that was about it. I was there on business, and when I left, no one bothered to marshal me out either. Fuel in Williams and Flagstaff is much cheaper, so I am curious why they do not seem to care about customer service. If a little more attention is paid to transient customers, maybe it would result in a more positive experience for all concerned. Incidentally, it was not a busy day.
 

From Dan Streufert on 12-Feb-2006

Was there on February 5th and was told that the shuttle is no longer running. Only way to the rim is apparently a taxi ride. If you are just stopping for a bite to eat, you can walk to some decent food. Leave the terminal and turn left, continue walking north past the helicopter tour operator and along the main road (or adjacent footpath) until you reach a small town. (Approx. 15-minute walk) The hotel on the right with stone on the outside has good food and a great "grand canyon" feel. Lunch is about $10-12 per plate. Also, I found one of the most scenic areas to fly over is just east of the Zuni corridor. Not as wide as other parts of the canyon, but more impressive in my opinion.
 

From Chris Kleinhenz on 13-Nov-2005

Nice airport, friendly tower controller, etc. The FBO was a little disapointing. Nobody marshaling a/c in, no friendly hello, had to pry info out of the FBO gal to figure out the routine on how to best get into town and see the canyon. Took us a few minutes to just find the FBO (very small) among the tour operators. Had no problems seeing the canyon from the air. Overall, nice stop.