Casa Grande Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use

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north of Casa Grande in

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. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 categorizes it as a

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facility. The airport is not served by an airline.

Facilities

The airport covers at an

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of 1,464 feet (446 m). It has one

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: 5/23 measures 5,200 by 100 feet (1,585 x 30 m) and is made of asphalt In the year ending April 3, 2020 the airport had an average of 334 aircraft operations per day: 98%

, 2%

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, and <1% military. 74 aircraft are based at this airport: 63 single-engine, 5 multi-engine, 5

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, and 1

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Incidents

* A man died after walking into the spinning propeller of his

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as part of a ferry operation. * On February 6, 2013, a twin engine

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crashed at Casa Grande at 11:45 a.m. Two people were on board; both died. The post-crash investigation found no anomalies that would have prevented normal operation in either the airframe or the engine; investigations to the propeller also found that the engines were operating at the time of impact. The probable cause of the accident was found to be loss of control after the pilot excessively pitched up on a go-around attempt, resulting in a fatal stall/spin 300 feet above the ground. * A man survived a small plane crash at Casa Grande Airport on November 27, 2018. He received minor facial injuries and was flown to

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for medical treatment.

References

External links

Airport page
at City of Casa Grande website
Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ)
at

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