Grand Canyon - Tusayan

GCN · KGCN

Grand Canyon National Park Airport

35.95°, -112.15°AZ, United States

Passengers a year

24.8K

#239 busiest in the U.S.

2

airlines

1

departures a day

63.6%

load factor

Grand Canyon National Park (GCN) airport diagram — runway and taxiway layout, drawn to scale
Airfield layout — 1 runway, longest 8,999 ft, 20 taxiways, 6,609 ft elevation.

Airlines

Grand Canyon Airlines is the largest carrier at Grand Canyon - Tusayan, with 100% of all passengers. 2 airlines fly from here.

Share of passengers · each carrier as a slice of the whole airport

Grand Canyon Airlines holds 100% of the airport — the 3rd most concentrated of 118 non-hub airports. The nearest comparison is MKK at 100%.

AirlineSharePassengersSeats YoY
YR
Grand Canyon Airlines63% full
99.8%24.8K-45.1%
AN
ADVANCED AIR83% full
0.2%50—

Share, passengers and destinations count each airline’s own flights plus the regional flying sold under its brand. Seats year on year compares the latest twelve months against the twelve before them.

Aircraft

By share of departures at Grand Canyon - Tusayan.

  • Cessna 208 Caravan

    161 departures · 65% full

    61.0%

  • De Havilland Twin Otter DHC-6

    102 departures · 60% full

    38.6%

  • Dornier 328

    1 departures · 83% full

    0.4%

When Grand Canyon - Tusayan is busiest

Departures by month over the trailing year. Bars scale to the busiest month.

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Departures a month · peak June 2025

Annual passengers since 1990

Total passengers, arriving and departing, in every year on record.

Passengers a year

Every year
1990
39,335
1991
22,089
1995
19,914
1996
11,144
1997
94
1998
346
1999
552
2001
2,529
2002
49,031
2003
158,591
2004
201,779
2005
220,036
2006
190,051
2007
92,323
2008
75,263
2009
199,503
2010
235,560
2011
232,981
2012
232,160
2013
228,100
2014
219,188
2015
214,501
2016
184,753
2017
205,044
2018
165,362
2019
112,227
2020
17,259
2021
21,554
2022
43,533
2023
52,881
2024
86,122
2025
63,282
2026
9,816 so far

Frequently asked

How busy is Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN)?

Grand Canyon National Park Airport handled about 24.8K passengers over the trailing 12 months, ranking #239 among U.S. airports by passengers, with roughly 1 departures a day.

Which airline is the largest at Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN)?

Grand Canyon Airlines is the largest carrier at Grand Canyon - Tusayan (GCN), flying about 100% of its passengers. 2 airlines serve Grand Canyon - Tusayan in total.

How many places can you fly nonstop from Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN)?

Grand Canyon - Tusayan (GCN) has 0 nonstop destinations, all domestic.

What aircraft flies most from Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN)?

The Cessna 208 Caravan flew the largest share of departures from Grand Canyon - Tusayan (GCN), about 61% of the total.

Departing counts passengers leaving Grand Canyon - Tusayan. Data: traffic June 2025 – May 2026. Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics (T-100 Segment).