Pinal Airpark becomes growing presence in county
Arizona City Independent
Oscar Perez/Dispatch
For many years, Pinal Airpark was an isolated facility in the middle of the desert between Eloy and Tucson best known for the many mothballed jetliners stored there.
It served as a base for large aircraft overhauls. No public flights took place, and no one was allowed in under a long-standing lease with one tenant.
Today, efforts to revitalize the southern Pinal, county-owned facility are paying off. A new lease, grant funding and collaboration among several agencies have provided Pinal Airpark with the opportunity to reinvent itself. Significant work has been accomplished to improve the facility, including runway rehabilitation and adopting a master plan, all with the goal of becoming more accessible for public use.
For these efforts, the Arizona Department of Transportation has named Pinal Airpark the 2016 Airport of the Year.
