Tucson, Arizona

====Airport====
[[Tucson International Airport]] {{airport codes|TUS|KTUS}}, is {{convert|6|mi|km|abbr=on}} south of the city's center. TIA is the second-largest commercial [[airport]] in Arizona, providing nonstop flights to 15 destinations throughout the United States.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alaska Airlines to launch Tucson-Portland nonstop |last=Wichner |first=David |date=June 27, 2013 |url=http://azstarnet.com/business/local/alaska-airlines-to-launch-tucson-portland-nonstop/article_d73c4e5a-debc-11e2-9bb6-0019bb2963f4.html |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |access-date=August 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731140448/http://azstarnet.com/business/local/alaska-airlines-to-launch-tucson-portland-nonstop/article_d73c4e5a-debc-11e2-9bb6-0019bb2963f4.html |archive-date=July 31, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>  In addition to passenger and freight service, TIA supports the [[162d Fighter Wing]]'s fleet of seventy [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16s]] stationed at the [[Tucson Air National Guard Base]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.162fw.ang.af.mil/resources/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=11853 |title=162nd Fighter Wing Fact Sheet |date=July 3, 2012 |publisher=162nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714152813/http://www.162fw.ang.af.mil/resources/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=11853 |archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> There are two general aviation reliever airports in the area. The city of Tucson operates [[Ryan Airfield]] {{convert|13|mi|km}} southwest of the city center, and the town of Marana operates [[Marana Regional Airport]] {{convert|15|mi|km}} to the northwest. [[Pinal Airpark]] is also within the metropolitan area.