How long is the drive to the Grand Canyon from the closest airport?

Question

How long is the drive to the Grand Canyon from the closest airport?

Answer 1

The closest airport is actually Grand Canyon National Park Airport > code GCN> which is under 10 miles  from the South Rim

Most commercial flights in and out of GCN originate in Las Vegas >Code LAS

Scenic Airlines >code YR >is one of the better carriers

http://www.airnav.com/airport/KGCN

The next closest airport would be Flagstaff

>code FLG >which is about an hour and a half away

http://www.airnav.com/airport/KFLG

However FLG does come with a couple of conditions:

Almost all commercial  flights in and out of FLG originate in Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport >code PHX> and given the drive time from PHX to FLG [about 2.5 hours]even if you didn't have to wait for a connecting flight your net savings in time would only be about 90 minutes] add to that the high cost of the PHX >FLG leg and most locals just wind up driving it

Lastly is Las Vegas which about a 4.5-5  hour drive from GCN

Whether or not you chose to use LAS or PHX will be determined by a lot of factors including airfare , rental car prices and frequency of flights

Answer 2

Flagstaff is the closest airport and is about 80 miles south of the Grand Canyon.  It takes roughly an hour and a half to drive from the airport.