Editorial:
Sedona has an airport located on a flattened mesa. It has no control tower. It does have rules. It’s code is KSEZ. Flagstaff’s airport code is FLG, Phoenix’ is PHX…
Terminal Hours of Operation are: Oct. – Mar: 7:00AM – 5:30PM and Apr. – Sep: 6:00AM – 6:00PM
The Sedona Airport is “family”. Without a control tower, the pilots exchange courtesies with and to each other, and voluntarily choose to reduce power over residential areas on take-offs, in order to reduce noise…
…however, there are those pilots who take-off full throttle across our neighborhoods.
We are happy to give you Sedona Airport’s website information. Click here.
The picture below comes to us from National Geographic. It shows the 5 mile radius of the airport. Within this area, residents will hear airport “noise” and if purchasing property within the Sedona area, the “noise” or the possibility of “noise” should be disclosed to you.
The Sedona Airport:
SedonaFacts is proud to bring you this historical information provided by http://sedonaairport.org/image/SedonaAirportHistory2.jpg
From the RedRockReview comes additional information:
Certain airport noise affects residents. While Sedona is a tourist destination, many residents do find that the helicopters and bi-planes do add to intrusion into their “quiet” rights. If you intend to purchase property, ask your agent about the effects of airport noise in relation to your prospective purchase.
Here are 2 YouTube videos of landings…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-m7MXI1_TA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyVcQWbHXIc&feature=related
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