AZA — Mesa Gateway Airport

Medium-sized airport in Mesa, United States.
IATA code
AZA
ICAO code
KIWA
Size
medium
OurAirports class
Passengers
1,999,164
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Nonstop routes
47
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC−7
America/Phoenix
Elevation
421 m
1,381 ft
Runways
3
Longest 3,170 m

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About AZA

Mesa Gateway Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Mesa, United States. It opened in 1941. 1,999,164 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 47 nonstop routes from AZA.

Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from AZA

Route Distance Passengers / year
AZA → PVU767 km 231,632
AZA → FSD1,726 km 117,951
AZA → FAR1,964 km 117,465
AZA → ATW2,337 km 81,494
AZA → BIS1,757 km 73,256
AZA → GRR2,513 km 68,912
AZA → IDA1,134 km 68,435
AZA → PIA2,111 km 65,191
AZA → CID1,995 km 60,042
AZA → RAP1,405 km 59,928
AZA → RFD2,210 km 58,702
AZA → SGF1,715 km 58,477
AZA → DSM1,831 km 57,232
AZA → BIL1,413 km 54,232
AZA → SBN2,415 km 45,111
AZA → MOT1,873 km 44,733
AZA → BZN1,385 km 43,617
AZA → MSP2,039 km 43,221
AZA → PSC1,573 km 43,001
AZA → MSO1,525 km 42,884
AZA → GRI1,456 km 42,778
AZA → BLI1,943 km 41,519
AZA → EUG1,563 km 36,699
AZA → OMA1,651 km 35,516
AZA → FNT2,655 km 35,332
AZA → STC2,027 km 34,626
AZA → GEG1,664 km 31,506
AZA → ICT1,376 km 31,467
AZA → FCA1,680 km 28,807
AZA → GTF1,574 km 28,185
AZA → MLI2,072 km 27,879
AZA → CVG2,500 km 26,787
AZA → FWA2,488 km 26,176
AZA → BOI1,206 km 22,258
AZA → GFK2,028 km 19,151
AZA → COS874 km 18,245
AZA → PDX1,654 km 17,378
AZA → SNA579 km 13,437
AZA → LSE2,120 km 13,321
AZA → XNA1,619 km 12,838

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airlines at AZA

  • G4 Allegiant Air · 12,559 flights
  • SY Sun Country Airlines · 272 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Punctuality

Departures on time
82%
Within 15 minutes of schedule
Cancelled
0.3%
Departures counted
6,301
US domestic flights

US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources

Nearest airports

Code Airport Distance
PHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport36 km
TUSTucson International Airport149 km
PRCPrescott Regional Airport - Ernest A. Love Field165 km
SOWShow Low Regional Airport186 km
FLGFlagstaff Pulliam Airport204 km

Distance from AZA to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
AZA → LHR8,474 km —
AZA → DXB13,380 km —
AZA → CDG8,812 km —
AZA → FRA9,065 km —
AZA → IST10,808 km —
AZA → AMS8,698 km —
AZA → JFK3,441 km —
AZA → ATL2,524 km —
AZA → LAX630 km —
AZA → SIN14,663 km —
AZA → HND9,371 km —
AZA → DOH13,285 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
12R/30L3,170 m 46 mConcrete
12C/30C3,109 m 46 mAsphalt
12L/30R2,835 m 46 mConcrete

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Mesa, Arizona, United States · 33.3078, -111.6550

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Mesa Gateway Airport has the IATA code AZA and the ICAO code KIWA. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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