Supervisors Work Session Focuses on Ground and Air Transportation
The San Tan Times
Supervisors Receive Update on Pinal County Airports
Pinal County owns two airports-Pinal Airpark and San Manuel Airport.
Airport Manager Jim Petty started off by updating the Supervisors on San Manuel Airport, located in eastern Pinal County. Since taking over the airport from Magma Copper Company in late 1999, the county has made several improvements to the site to entice more aviation activities.
Those improvements include:
- Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) that gives pilots flying in and out of the airport the latest meteorological observations
- New taxiways constructed
- Construction of two 10 unit T-Hangars
- Self-service fuel system
- Runway lighting system
- Construction of a terminal building
- Reconstructed ramp area
