Verde Valley Aviation Impact Relief VVAIR

🚨Important Airport Update Cottonwood AZ Pilot Guide

Cottonwood Municipal Airport has published an updated Pilot Guide that includes the historic 800-foot AGL traffic pattern for single-engine aircraft. We appreciate the City making this information more visible. A tighter, more consistent traffic pattern should help keep repetitive training activity closer to the airport and reduce impacts on surrounding residential areas.

Cottonwood Airport Commission Updates

August 19,2026

Discussion on the new pilot guide and that the updated chart supplement and noise abatement will be published

Here is a link to the meeting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9etpRK3CYw

The July airport commission meeting is cancelled.

June recap - Not a lot occurred. There will be a study on fees including landing fees. Also the chart supplement was updated to remove the confusing language, keeping the historic traffic pattern altitude, which should put most of the traffic where there are avigation easements in Cottonwood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1cAW1-7DmY&list=PLjO5TSlHKQiNp1VoWLgdgERVbjtODB-FO&index=2

May 20, 2026 -The 2 new commissioners are now official. There are now 5 commission members. The historic traffic pattern altitude of 800 feet AGL as well as noise abatement of only 3 in pattern were discussed. The changes will probably be published in the July chart supplement. The 800 foot traffic pattern altitude has been in effect since 1986, it was a NOTAM (notice to airmen) that was a change to 1000 feet and pushed the flights over historic Clarkdale. Hopefully returning to the historic traffic pattern will keep the flight training over the Cottonwood areas were there are avigation easements. Here is the link to listen to the meeting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYuHC0HcbJA&list=PLjO5TSlHKQiNp1VoWLgdgERVbjtODB-FO&index=1

We are a community of residents, homeowners, and business owners who are adversely impacted by recent developments at Cottonwood Airport.

The substantial rise in repetitive flight training operations, along with the administrative changes made by the airport over the last two years, has broadened the areas impacted, and, significantly diminished the quality of life for many in our community.

VVAir is not anti-airport. Rather, we are a fact-based, goal-oriented group working towards constructive, realistic solutions for Verde Valley residents.