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Closest Airport to Every US National Park

ByChris Cagle Updated on

When you go to any of our National Park pages, we list the 10 closest airports to the main entrance of each park. However, when building our road trips, we wanted an easy way to find the closed major airports to each park in one easy table.

Table Caveats

  • We determined the “nearest airport” via straight line calculations. We did not use actual driving directions to determine this.
  • There are hundreds of small and regional airports that we omitted from this table. We are only focusing on airports that are considered “Large” or “International”.
National ParkClosest AirportFAA CodeDistance
Acadia National ParkBangor International AirportBGR44 mi
Arches National ParkProvo-Utah Lake International AirportPVU156 mi
Badlands National ParkCasper-Natrona County International AirportCPR207 mi
Big Bend National ParkMidland International AirportMAF196 mi
Big Cypress National PreserveMiami International AirportMIA46 mi
Biscayne National ParkMiami International AirportMIA16 mi
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National ParkDenver International AirportDEN186 mi
Bryce Canyon National ParkSaint George-Southwest Utah International AirportSGU84 mi
Canyonlands National ParkProvo-Utah Lake International AirportPVU176 mi
Capitol Reef National ParkProvo-Utah Lake International AirportPVU143 mi
Carlsbad Caverns National ParkEl Paso International AirportELP116 mi
Channel Islands National ParkLos Angeles International AirportLAX58 mi
Congaree National ParkCharleston International AirportCHS75 mi
Crater Lake National ParkRogue Valley International Medford AirportMFR52 mi
Cuyahoga Valley National ParkCleveland Hopkins International AirportCLE19 mi
Death Valley National ParkHarry Reid International AirportLAS94 mi
Denali National ParkFairbanks International AirportFAI130 mi
Dry Tortugas National ParkKey West International AirportEYW70 mi
Everglades National ParkMiami International AirportMIA52 mi
Gates of the Arctic National ParkFairbanks International AirportFAI254 mi
Gateway Arch National ParkSt. Louis Lambert International AirportSTL13 mi
Glacier Bay National ParkJuneau International AirportJNU88 mi
Glacier National ParkGlacier Park International AirportFCA48 mi
Grand Canyon National ParkFlagstaff Pulliam International AirportFLG68 mi
Grand Teton National ParkBozeman Yellowstone International AirportBZN136 mi
Great Basin National ParkSaint George-Southwest Utah International AirportSGU141 mi
Great Sand Dunes National ParkDenver International AirportDEN154 mi
Great Smoky Mountains National ParkGreenville Spartanburg International AirportGSP92 mi
Guadalupe Mountains National ParkEl Paso International AirportELP89 mi
Haleakalā National ParkEllison Onizuka Kona International Airport at KeaholeKOA68 mi
Hawai’i Volcanoes National ParkHilo International AirportITO25 mi
Hot Springs National ParkMemphis International AirportMEM178 mi
Indiana Dunes National ParkMidway International AirportMDW35 mi
Isle Royale National ParkDuluth International AirportDLH191 mi
Joshua Tree National ParkPalm Springs International AirportPSP35 mi
Katmai National ParkTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportANC253 mi
Kenai Fjords National ParkTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportANC87 mi
Kings Canyon National ParkFresno Yosemite International AirportFAT58 mi
Kobuk Valley National ParkFairbanks International AirportFAI370 mi
Lake Clark National ParkTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportANC115 mi
Lassen Volcanic National ParkReno–Tahoe International AirportRNO114 mi
Mammoth Cave National ParkLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportSDF71 mi
Mesa Verde National ParkAlbuquerque International SunportABQ181 mi
Mount Rainier National ParkSeattle–Tacoma International AirportSEA49 mi
New River Gorge National ParkPiedmont Triad International AirportGSO143 mi
North Cascades National ParkAbbotsford International AirportYXX91 mi
Olympic National ParkWilliam R Fairchild International AirportCLM10 mi
Petrified Forest National ParkFlagstaff Pulliam International AirportFLG105 mi
Pinnacles National ParkNorman Y. Mineta San José International AirportSJC74 mi
Redwood National ParkRogue Valley International Medford AirportMFR94 mi
Rocky Mountain National ParkDenver International AirportDEN64 mi
Saguaro National ParkTuscon International AirportTUS27 mi
Shenandoah National ParkWashington Dulles International AirportIAD56 mi
Theodore Roosevelt National ParkWilliston Basin International AirportXWA90 mi
Voyageurs National ParkFalls International AirportINL19 mi
White Sands National ParkEl Paso International AirportELP68 mi
Wind Cave National ParkCasper-Natrona County International AirportCPR157 mi
Wrangell-St. Elias National ParkWhitehorse / Erik Nielsen International AirportYXY234 mi
Yellowstone National ParkBozeman Yellowstone International AirportBZN87 mi
Yosemite National ParkFresno Yosemite International AirportFAT67 mi
Zion National ParkSaint George-Southwest Utah International AirportSGU31 mi

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the closest airport to Zion National Park?

The closest medium-sized airport to Zion National Park is St. George-Southwest Utah International Airport (SGU). It is 47 miles away with tolls, and 61 miles away without tolls.
The closest major airport is Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas, NV. It is 172 miles away, and it has tolls.

What is the closest airport to Shenandoah National Park?

Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) is the closest airport to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. It is about 60 miles/1 hour away from the park’s top most corner, but about 72 miles/1.5 hours from the park’s main headquarters.

What is the closest airport to Death Valley National Park?

Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas is the closest airport to Death Valley, which is 100 miles/1.75 hours away. Not only is Las Vegas the closest airport to the National Park, but flights in and out of Las Vegas are typically much, much cheaper than anywhere else.

What is the closest airport to Yosemite National Park?

The closest airport near Yosemite National Park is the Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT), which is 114 miles away, or 2.5 hours drive time. However, if you are looking for a larger and more widely-available airport to fly in and out of for your visit to Yosemite, you have two options: San Francisco International (SFO) at 170 miles/3 hours away, or Norman Mineta International (SJC) in San Jose, which is 160 miles/3 hours away from Yosemite.

What is the closest airport to Grand Canyon National Park?

When I’ve visited the Grand Canyon, we have almost always exclusively used Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas, which is 280 miles/4.25 hours away. We use this airport instead of closer ones because flights to Las Vegas are much, much cheaper than anywhere else. However, if you’re looking to fly in as close as possible to the Grand Canyon, then Flagstaff Pulliam International Airport (FLG) is your airport, which is 85 miles/1.5 hours away.

What is the closest airport to Park City, Utah?

Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is 38 miles from the center of Park City, UT. That equates to about a 45 minute drive. There are smaller regional and municipal airports closer than SLC, but none have access to major airlines like Delta, United or American.

What is the closest airport to Badlands National Park?

The closest airport to Badlands National Park is Rapid City Municipal Airport. It is 68 miles away from the easternmost visitor center (Ben Reifel), and 54 miles from the southern White River Visitors Center.

I love traveling the United States. I hunt down fantastic places to visit in the summer and great slopes to ski down in the winter. The first national park I ever visited was the Smokies, but since then, I've been to dozens. However, my favorite by far has been Zion.

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