Chandler Municipal Airport is in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, southeast of Chandler, which owns it. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011âÂÂ2015 categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.
Chandler Municipal is one of the nationâÂÂs 50 busiest general aviation airports. It adds to Arizona's economy by bringing in more than $53 million annually. No airlines operate out of Chandler and none plan to in the near future.
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Chandler Municipal is CHD to the FAA and has no IATA code (IATA had assigned CHD to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in nearby Mesa, Arizona â since redesignated by the IATA as AZA).
The airport covers at an elevation of . It has two asphalt runways:
It has one concrete helipad:
The airport has built and improved a heliport facility, airport signage, and aircraft parking space by 10 acres with 90 tie-down spaces. These improvements were made over six years and cost about $7 million. The privately owned parking spaces are at 100% capacity. Affiliated Property Management is the company/HOA that controls the privately owned hangars.
In the year ending April 25, 2011, the airport had 161,750 aircraft operations, an average of 443 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and <1% military. 333 aircraft were then based at the airport: 86% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 3% helicopter, 1% jet, and 1% ultralight.
Operations data (takeoffs or landings):
In 2021, an aerial collision between two aircraft over Chandler occurred. A Piper PA-28-181 Archer II on a training flight collided with a Robinson R22 near Phoenix. The crash occurred at 07:30 local time.
The Piper PA-28-181 Archer II landed safely with damage to its landing gear. The Robinson R22 crashed and burst into flames.