Goodyear, AZ, USA - 28/01/2009

Phoenix's Goodyear Airport was originally constructed during World War II as a storage and preservation base for the surplus and obsolete airframes belonging to the US Navy, US Marine Corps and the US Coast Guard. At the time it was known as NAF Litchfield Park. In 1968 the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Centre (MASDC) took over the role at Davis-Monthan AFB. Consequently Litchfield Park was slated for closure and was procured by the city of Phoenix to act as a General Aviation airfield for the city, and in doing so reducing some of the pressures on Sky Harbor.

While no commercial airlines currently operate scheduled services from the site, there is always a large number of airliners present. Aero Turbine Inc operates a maintenance, storage and disposal facility on the airfield with many types (predominantly 737s) currently stored on the northside of the airfield. It was these that prompted our visit.

A nice way to spend an hour, and it was interesting to see the two Thomson 767s sitting out there.