Payson Airport satellite view
📍 Payson⬆ 5,157 ft1 runways
KPAN · PJB

Payson Airport

34.25680°N
-111.33900°W
ARR / DAY
3
▼ 28.0%
DEP / DAY
6
▼ 31.8%

Payson Airport (KPAN/PJB) is a small general aviation airport located in Payson, AZ, 61 mi north east of Scottsdale. It features 1 runway measuring 5,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
3 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KPAN 200035Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 17/11 A3013 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

5,500 FT MAX
06/24
5,500 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

06
94% of ops
134 land · 7 TO
24
6% of ops
9 land · 110 TO
Runway 06 carries 94% of operations (134 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 6%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

06 134 landings
UA 0%
24 9 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 06 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 134 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
14.5
flights/day · 436 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
77%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 14.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.8× weekday (22.1 vs 12.3 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (22% of 325 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 119.325 —
OTHER 122.300 —
COTTONWO 122.300 —
OTHER 127.675 —
WINSLOW 127.675 —
OTHER 306.200 —
WINSLOW 306.200 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAB
Mag var:
12° E
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
adeshpa
9/22/2026
Practice circling here
…with an instructor. Fun
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