Grapevine Airstrip
Summary
Airport typeCharted as private
Owner/OperatorUnited States Forest Service
LocationRoosevelt, Arizona
Elevation AMSL2,329 ft / 710 m
Coordinates33°38′27.27″N 111°03′24.9″W / 33.6409083°N 111.056917°W / 33.6409083; -111.056917
Websitehttp://theraf.org/airport/88az
Map
88AZ is located in Arizona
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 3,800 1,158 Asphalt/concrete

Grapevine Airstrip (FAA LID: 88AZ) (formerly E75) is a non-towered general aviation recreational airstrip located on the Tonto Basin District of the Tonto National Forest, 43 mi (37 nmi; 69 km) east of Scottsdale, Arizona in Roosevelt, a town in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The airstrip sits .25 mi (400 m) from the shore of Lake Roosevelt, one of Arizona's largest bodies of water.[1]

First constructed in the 1950s and paved in the 1980s, the airstrip was closed by the United States Forest Service (USFS) on June 27, 1997. Starting in 2012 with approval of the USFS, volunteers from the Recreational Aviation Foundation and Arizona Pilots Association donated hundreds of volunteer hours over five years to bring Grapevine Airstrip to an operational status. It reopened on February 10, 2017.[2][3][4][5]

Grapevine was officially charted as a private airport by agreement with the USFS, to ensure that no touch-and-go landings, training, or commercial operations are conducted at the airstrip. However, it is open to the public, and the Arizona Pilots Association holds regular fly-ins to the airstrip.[6]

Facilities

Grapevine Airstrip is at an elevation of 2,329 ft (710 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt concrete–paved runway:

  • 17/35 measuring 3,800 ft × 40 ft (1,158 m × 12 m)[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Grapevine Airstrip | Recreational Aviation Foundation". theraf.org. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  2. ↑ "Arizona's Grapevine Airstrip opens". General Aviation News. 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  3. ↑ "Arizona's Grapevine airstrip one step closer to re-opening". General Aviation News. 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  4. ↑ Spencer, Mark. "Backcountry - Preserving Grapevine Airstrip". azpilots.org. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  5. ↑ "Termination of Grapevine Airstrip Closure 12-157" (PDF). US Forest Service.
  6. ↑ "Grapevine Airstrip Information" (PDF). azpilots.org.
  7. ↑ "AirportIQ 5010". www.gcr1.com. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
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