Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

Continent: North America

Country: United States

Region: Arizona

Williams Gateway Airport
Location	Mesa, Arizona
IATA code	IWA
ICAO code	KIWA
Airport type	Public
Website	http://www.flywga.org/
Overview map	Google Maps
Communications
Tower
Ground
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ATIS

Located 25 miles southeast of PHX on US Highway 60. Exit at Power Road and drive south.

Official Spotting Locations

The airport entrance is at Ray Road, turn left to enter. A drive along this entrance road will lead past the flightline to the hangar areas. Typically parked here are the Pipers flown by the Mesa Airlines Pilot School, transient civil and military aircraft (military especially on Friday afternoons), the US Marshalls Service all white MD-80s, and the USAF T-38s that rotate in and out of the Boeing facility. After you pass the terminal, the roadway angles to the right, passing the ATSI A-4s, Native Air's air rescue helicopters and PC-12, a large quonset hut containing the resident F-104 and T-33, and ending with a large hangar housing Intel's corporate shuttle EMB-135s. Winding southward along the divided roadway, a left turn past the apron leads to the control tower and cargo area. This area is still under development and is used by the US Forest Service Aerial Firefighting team during the early summer months. Boeing uses Gateway as a hot-weather test site, and during the summer months anything up to B747-400s have been seen here.

Other Spotting Locations

Locations to Avoid

Regular Traffic

• Vision Air provides scheduled charter service to North Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday using Dornier 328 turboprops.
• Xtra Airways provides scheduled charter service on behalf of SkyValue to Gary/Chicago, Illinois on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday using Boeing 737-800 jet aircraft.
• Xtra Airways will begin scheduled charter service on behalf of Western to Bellingham, Washington on Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday using Boeing 737-400 jet aircraft on January 19, 2007.