Identifier
SDL
Scottsdale Airport Map Print (SDL)
SDL
KSDL
Scottsdale, Arizona
$55
✓ Free US shipping · Made to Order
Colorway
White
Black
Navy
Sand
Blueprint
Night Ops
Hi-Viz
Finish
Fine Art Print pairs 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper with pigment giclée printing for rich color and a smooth matte finish. Supplied unframed. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat.
Framed Fine Art Print presents the same cotton paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame, with a white beveled mat and optical-grade clear acrylic. The mat is included, and hanging wire is already installed.
Glossy Metal Print brings vivid color to coated aluminum through dye sublimation. The glossy surface resists scratches and water; the included hidden mount positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall.
Size
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Printed in the USA
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- Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
- Scottsdale's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
- Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.
Description
A runway diagram map print of Scottsdale Airport (SDL), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.
Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.
Shipping and Returns
Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.
The Digital Download is a JPEG at 300 dpi, sized for 24 by 30 inches. The digital add-on matches the selected physical print size at 300 dpi. Download links arrive by email and stay active for 30 days; save the file within that time and keep it for personal, non-commercial use. No physical item is shipped.
Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.
Digital downloads are non-refundable once delivered, except where required by law or where AirportPrints determines that a delivery failure or technical issue was caused by AirportPrints.
Materials
Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.
Framed Fine Art Print: the same cotton fine art paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame. A white, acid-free, 4-ply mat with a 45-degree bevel and optical-grade, shatter-resistant clear acrylic (safer to ship than glass) are included. The print is mounted to foam core for a flat presentation, with a kraft paper dust cover and installed hanging wire on the back.
Glossy Metal Print: the image is transferred by dye sublimation into polymer-coated aluminum with a glossy white base. The 1.14 mm panel has a scratch- and water-resistant surface, with a hidden inset mount that positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall. Display indoors, away from direct sunlight.
Digital Download: a high-resolution JPEG for personal, non-commercial use. No physical paper, frame, or metal panel is included.
Dimensions
Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.
Framed Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches, measured across the mat and acrylic area inside the frame. The mat sits within that area, so the visible image is about 6 x 8, 12 x 16, or 18 x 24 inches. The outside frame is larger than the listed size.
Glossy Metal Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches. During sublimation, 1/8 to 1/4 inch of the artwork may be cropped, so the printed edge can differ slightly from the preview.
Digital Download: a 7200 x 9000 pixel JPEG at 300 dpi for 24 x 30 inch printing. A digital add-on instead matches the selected physical size: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, or 24 x 30 inches at 300 dpi.
Made like something you keep.
The field itself
This is Scottsdale's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.
Museum-quality cotton paper
Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.
Solid wood framing or glossy metal
Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.
Scottsdale
SDL · Scottsdale, Arizona
33.6229° N · 111.9105° W
Field elevation 1,510 ft
Field elevation 1,510 ft
ICAO code
KSDL
Field elevation
1,510ft
Runways
1
Magnetic variation
12°E
Runways
03/218,249 × 100 ft
Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.
Scottsdale Airport Runway Diagram Print
Scottsdale Airport works a single asphalt runway, and the diagram is built entirely around it: 3/21, 8,249 by 100 feet, running southwest to northeast across the sheet with the 3 threshold at lower left and 21 at upper right. Field elevation is 1,510 feet and magnetic variation is 12E, so the plotted heading sits well off true north. With no second strip to cross it, the composition rests on that one long diagonal and on the pale band of pavement stacked against its northwest side: a parallel taxiway, connector stubs at regular intervals, and a run of hangar and ramp footprints that thickens toward the southwest end. The airport covers 282 acres in Maricopa County, 9 miles north of downtown Scottsdale in the Phoenix area, and the print reads it as a narrow ribbon rather than a broad plate of pavement.
The field spent World War II as Thunderbird Field #2, taken up by the Army Air Forces Training Command on June 22, 1942 as a primary flight training school for aviation cadets. The first class arrived before the place was ready for them and had to train at Thunderbird Field #1 in Glendale; not until July 22 could all personnel, then 28 flight instructors, move to Scottsdale. The peak came in November 1943, when 615 cadets flew an average of two hours a day and made 1,845 separate takeoffs and landings. More than 5,500 students graduated before the school was deactivated on October 16, 1944.
A run of owners followed. Arizona State Teachers College, now Arizona State University in Tempe, took the airport on for its own aviation program, then decided the distance from campus and the operating cost were too much and ended the program on June 15, 1951. The Arizona Conference of Seventh-day Adventists bought the field in 1953 and founded Thunderbird Academy there, and the City of Scottsdale bought the airfield portion of that property in 1966. Commuter flying came and went quickly: StatesWest Airlines flew turboprops from here to Orange County, California and Bullhead City, Arizona from mid-1989 through early 1990. In 2019 the airport recorded 186,514 aircraft operations, one of the busiest single-runway general aviation fields in the nation.
As art the layout is left to speak plainly. Runway designators, length and width follow the published figures, while taxiways, apron edges and building outlines are reduced to flat geometry over the ground tone you choose. The identifier, city, coordinates and field elevation sit in small type in the lower corner, so the runway keeps the frame to itself. This is original wall art composed from published airport information and available field depictions rather than a navigation document, printed to order at a size that reads from across a room and still holds up close.
Scottsdale (SDL) print, common questions
How many runways does Scottsdale Airport have?
One. Runway 3/21 is 8,249 by 100 feet and asphalt, and it carries the whole print as a single diagonal line.
How long is the runway at SDL, and how high is the field?
The runway is 8,249 feet long. Field elevation is 1,510 feet above sea level, and that figure is set in the margin of the print.
What does SDL stand for and where is the airport?
SDL is the code Scottsdale Airport carries in published United States airport information; its IATA code is SCF, because IATA had already assigned SDL to Midlanda Airport in Sundsvall, Sweden. The field is 9 miles north of downtown Scottsdale in Maricopa County, Arizona, at roughly 33.62 north, 111.91 west.
Was Scottsdale Airport a military field?
For part of World War II, yes. It served as Thunderbird Field #2, a primary flight training school taken up by the Army Air Forces Training Command on June 22, 1942 and deactivated on October 16, 1944, after more than 5,500 students had graduated.
Is the diagram accurate to the real airport?
The runway designator, length, width and the shape of the pavement beside it come from published airport information for the field. It is original wall art, not a chart: fine details may be simplified or omitted, including minor taxiway markings, signage and small structures, and it is not for navigation.
What sizes can I get, and does this work as a gift?
Each print is made to order in several sizes and finishes, on a ground tone you pick at checkout. It suits anyone who trained, based an aircraft, or flew in and out of Scottsdale, and anyone with a line back to the wartime cadet school on this field.
