Pinal Airpark

"This is a scrapyard for airplanes. Very surreal and a phantastic opportunity to make great fotos. Most planes can be seen well through the fence, distance is not very far. Just 10 minutes off the highway. For aviationists this is worth a tiny detour"

"Off I10 north of Tucson the Pinal Airpark is visible in the distance. Just thought I'd take a look. Seems it's a commercial airplane recycle center. If you are looking for somewhere to eat, there's a bar and grill which has good reviews."

"Super cool place. Was on a hike near the area. I'm pretty sure not open to the public for visiting, but like, I said found some trails by the area and went hiking."

"Had a keen interest in the planes stored at Pinal Airpark for a while. Searched around on the internet and spoke with the Airpark’s Director, Jim. Jim was very courteous and we organised a tour and provided all the necessary directions and details (which was brilliant as a non-Citizen of the US). Jim gave us a small background in the Airpark’s history and was able to answer any questions we had. Shortly afterwards, we jumped into a vehicle to tour the Airpark. Understandably, you are not allowed to take any photographs within the active runway and storage areas as the site operates as a private business. 6 decommissioned Boeing 747’s are on site and you can have photos taken with and can go up close to them. Work is currently taking place at the site meaning that tours can be a bit fluid in the route you take however Jim made us aware and would also detail some facts about the planes that were stored. He even talked about the US National Guard station located at the Northwestern end of the runway. We were even lucky enough to see training exercises with US Soldiers Parachuting at the site. The tour all in all lasted around 45 minutes to 1 hour and offers a great insight into a piece of Arizona’s Aviation History as well as a fantastic place to go for those looking at an in-depth look at stored Aircraft."

"It would be great to get to see the planes up close. Many airlines have some style of plane stored here. SPIRIT had a row prepared for some storage and China Air was scraping some of their older fleet. The only area open to the is the restaurant. All other areas are locked up. It was also interesting to see the base housing, now pretty much closed too."