Falcon Field Airport – MSC Mesa
Falcon Field Airport is a civil public airfield established on July 16, 1941 located in north of Mesa City in Maricopa County, Arizona. It has an assigned IATA airport code of MSC and was classified by the National Plan of Integrated Airport System as reliever or relief airport offering additional facility for main commercial airport. The airport is owned and managed by the local city government catering the general aviation needs of Mesa and its nearby cities of Tempe, Gilbert and Chandler.
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Falcon Field Airport has two paved asphalt runways and two asphalt helipads that handled more than 319,000 aircraft movements in 2008 as recorded by the Federal Aviation Administration. The airport serve as the quarters of CAE Oxford Aviation Academy that was the biggest school for aviation in the world where pilot students from The Netherlands, Belgiium, UK, Vietnam and Turkey travel to Mesa City to have their training at Falcon Field. Falcon Field Airport was also the base hub of Airbase Arizona, which is one of the biggest components of the Commemorative Air Force.
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Mesa City offers plenty of hotel accommodations just within few kilometers drive from the airport. Travelogde Suites by Wyndham Phoenix Mesa is 2-star hotel located just 4.7 kilometers from Falcon Field Airport that offers modern accommodation ideal for a relaxing overnight stay. Other nearby hotels from the airport are the Quality Inn & Suites and the budget-friendly Days Inn by Wyndham Mesa East.
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA) is the nearest passenger public-used airport from Falcon Field Airport.
