Benson Municipal Airport | |
Faa: | E95 |
Type: | Public |
Owner-Oper: | City of Benson |
City-Served: | Benson, Arizona |
Elevation-F: | 3,831 |
Coordinates: | 31.9994°N -110.3581°W |
Website: | southwesternaviation.com |
Pushpin Map: | USA Arizona#USA |
Pushpin Label: | E95 |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
R1-Number: | 10/28 |
R1-Length-F: | 4,002 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2017 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 24400 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 38 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration |
Benson Municipal Airport is a public use airport located 3.5miles northwest of the central business district of Benson, a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States and 35miles east of Tucson International Airport (TUS). The airport was opened in November 1999.
Although most US airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA, IATA, and ICAO 'Benson Municipal Airport is only assigned E95 by the FAA.[1]
Benson Municipal Airport covers an area of at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway:
For the 12-month period ending April 15, 2017, the airport had 24,400 aircraft operations, an average of 67 per day: 92% general aviation, and 2% military. At that time there were 38 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine, 5% ultralight, 3% multi-engine, 5% jet, and 3% helicopters.
In 2012 the 1955 Dodge Coronet Airport Courtesy Car at Benson Municipal provided by FBO SouthWestern Aviation, LLC was named "Airport Car of the Month" for June by EAA Sport Aviation Magazine.[3]