Updated approximately every five to seven years, the Ryan Master Plan is a 20-year blueprint that responds to future airport demand by guiding the timely development of new or expanded facilities. The Plan is used to evaluate the airport's capabilities, infrastructure needs and role in the economy in relationship to forecasted aviation activity. The Plan also provides recommendations for ensuring compatible land uses surrounding the airport.

Ryan Airfield is a general aviation airport located approximately 12 miles west of Tucson International Airport. It was created during World War II as a pilot training base. Ryan graduated 6,000 pilots in two years before it closed its school in 1944. Ownership of the airfield was transferred by the federal government to the State of Arizona in 1948, and in 1951 the State executed a lease agreement with the Tucson Airport Authority to manage the airfield. Ownership of the land was transferred by the State to the City of Tucson in 1960 along with the lease with the TAA.

Final Draft Ryan Airfield Master Plan Update:
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1, Inventory
Chapter 2, Forecasts
Chapter 3, Facility Requirements
Chapter 4, Airport Development Alternatives
Chapter 5, Airport Plans
          Revised Land Use Map
Chapter 6, Capital Improvement Program
Appendix A, Glossary of Terms
Appendix B, Environmental Overview
Appendix C, Inventory
          Revised Exhibit C14 - Existing and Future Helicopter Tracks with Existing Land Use
Appendix D, Utilities
          Gas
          Power
          Sewer
          Telephone
          Water

 

For more information on the Ryan Airfield Master Plan Update contact:
Jordan D. Feld, AICP
Director of Planning
Tucson Airport Authority
7005 S. Plumer Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85756
jfeld@tucsonairport.org
www.tucsonairport.org
520-573-5115 office
520-573-8006 fax