TUS

Transportation & Travel abbreviation · Airport Code

TUS
Stands forTucson International Airport
CategoriesTransportation & Travel

TUS stands for Tucson International Airport, an airport code abbreviation.

Southern Arizona's airport, about 8 miles south of downtown Tucson. The vast Davis-Monthan Air Force Base aircraft "boneyard" lies a few miles to the northeast.

Example: From the window seat out of TUS you can see thousands of retired military jets in the desert.

Usage notes

ICAO code KTUS. The boneyard, officially the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, stores more than 3,000 military aircraft in the dry climate. Tucson's airport also hosts maintenance companies that store and recycle airliners.

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