Valle Airport

The Valle branch of Planes of Fame opened in 1995 because the Chino collection had grown so greatly an additional facility was needed. 40 of the museum's 150 aircraft are kept in Valle, many of which are flyable. A Pacific Airlines Martin 404 and a Western Airlines Convair 240 are displayed alongside Arizona highway 64 30 miles south of Grand Canyon National Park.[3]

Valle Airport covers an area of 330 acres (130 ha) at an elevation of 5,999 feet (1,828 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway:

• 1/19 measuring 4,199 x 45 feet (1,280 x 14 m) with an asphalt surface[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 20, 2009, the airport had 6,500 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 18 per day. At that time there were six aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.[1]

Trans World Airlines (TWA) served Grand Canyon National Park via the Valle Airport during the late 1940s.[4] According to a Trans World timetable which appeared in the October 1948 Official Airline Guide, Valle was a stop on transcontinental flights operated by TWA with routings of Philadelphia – Pittsburgh – Chicago – Kansas City – Wichita – Amarillo – Albuquerque – Winslow, AZ – Grand Canyon (Valle Airport) – Boulder City, NV – Las Vegas – Los Angeles and also Baltimore – Washington, D.C. – Columbus, OH – Dayton – Indianapolis – St. Louis – Kansas City – Topeka – Wichita – Amarillo – Santa Fe, NM – Winslow, AZ – Grand Canyon (Valle Airport) – Las Vegas – Los Angeles.