Below are links to current Tucson Airport Authority resource documents for tenants, vendors and users of Tucson International Airport (TUS).
Rules & Regulations
Tucson International Airport’s Rules and Regulations are intended to ensure the safe and efficient operations. They govern the general conduct of the public, tenants, employees, and commercial users of Tucson International Airport.
TUS Airside Driving Rules and Regulations
TUS Rules and Regulations
Minimum Standards
Tucson International Airport’s General Aviation Minimum Standards are intended to encourage, promote, and ensure the delivery of high quality general aviation products, services, and facilities and provide safety and security for all users.
TUS Minimum Standards
Construction and Tenant Resources
Tenants at Tucson International Airport (TUS) or Ryan Airfield (RYN) planning to make alterations or changes to facilities are required to coordinate their plans with the Tucson Airport Authority. Use the form below to submit necessary information for approval and coordination.
Call 9-1-1 to report emergencies at TUS
The Tucson Airport Authority (TAA) is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for all users of Tucson International Airport (TUS) and Ryan Airfield (RYN) through an organized response to emergency situations and proactive education and prevention activities.
The Public Safety effort provides a broad range of programs to protect the airport community from the adverse effects of crime, fire, sudden medical emergency or exposure to dangerous conditions.
Personnel in TAA’s Airport Police and Fire departments undergo constant training to maintain the highest level of service to airport tenants, visitors and passengers.
TUS is located in Pima County on property owned by the City of Tucson and operated by the TAA under a long-term lease. The airport’s Police and Fire departments are fully accredited agencies operated by the TAA. They work closely with other city and county jurisdictions including the City of Tucson Police Department, Pima County Sheriff’s Department, Arizona Department of Public Safety and the Arizona Air National Guard.
Information about services provided is available through the following quick links:
Airport Badging
Airport Badging Information
Police and Fire
TAA Police and Fire Department Information
The Tucson Airport Authority Airport Security Office (ASO) is responsible for issuing airport identification badges to employees, tenants and sub-tenants of the Tucson International Airport (TUS) who require unescorted access to restricted, secured, sterile or airport operational areas.
Badge issuance is limited to those who are employed or sponsored by a tenant of TUS; have a frequent and reoccurring need for access; and have cleared the FBI-based Criminal History Record Check (CHRC) and Security Threat Assessment (STA). The ASO will collaborate with TUS Airside Operations regarding those applicants who as a function of their employment and as certified by their employer require driving approval on the airside of TUS.
Feb 1, 2025
TAA Membership and Board of Directors Orientation Handbook
TAA Membership Brochure – Printable
TAA Advisory Councils
Bylaws of the Tucson Airport Authority
* Served as TAA Board Chair, or President prior to 1998
This page contains information from past notices of public meetings of the Tucson Airport Authority Board of Directors, Board subcommittees and other public meetings involving the TAA and its airports. To view a meeting notice, click on the title of the meeting listed below.
Current public notices for the Tucson Airport Authority, Tucson International Airport and Ryan Airfield are posted below.
Written Re-Evaluation of the 2020 Adoption of an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
The Federal Aviation Administration is announcing its adoption of the Written Re-Evaluation (dated December 2021) of the 2020 Adoption of an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for its federal action of approving an Airport Layout Plan update for the Tucson International Airport located in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. To view the Written Re-Evaluation, please click on the link below.
Written Re-Evaluation
TUS Airfield Safety Enhancement EIS
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and U.S. Air Force have issued a Record of Decision for an Airfield Safety Enhancement Project at Tucson International Airport. To view the Tucson EIS website, including the Record of Decision, please click on the link below.
TUS EIS
TUS Airport Layout Plan
The Federal Aviation Administration announces its adoption of the Final Environmental Assessment (dated December 2019) and issuance of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for its federal action of approving an Airport Layout Plan update for the Tucson International Airport located in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. To view the FONSI, please click on the link below.
FONSI
This page includes notices of meetings of the Tucson Airport Authority Board of Directors, advisory councils, and other public meetings and events involving the TAA and its airports.
The Tucson Airport Authority’s public notices display board and the Board Room are adjacent to the Center Gallery, which is on the departure level of the Tucson International Airport terminal, located at 7250 South Tucson Boulevard, Tucson, AZ, 85756. The Center Gallery is between the Southwest and Delta ticket counters, and behind the Arroyo Trading Post. The notices are viewable 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
For questions regarding TAA meetings, please call (520) 573-4898 or (520) 574-4822 during business hours, 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. weekdays except for holidays, or email the new TAA Clerk Carolina Cordova ccordova@flytucson.com for contact information for other public meetings is included as part of the meeting notice.
TAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS │ NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETINGS – 2025
Click on the links below to view meeting agendas and their associated materials. Agendas are posted at least 24 hours in advance of scheduled meetings in compliance with Arizona’s Open Meeting Law.
Upcoming TAA Meetings
Making Tucson International Airport go is a team – of airline passenger service and ramp agents, pilots, flight attendants, aircraft mechanics, TSA security officers, cashiers, wait staff, cooks, retail sales associates, shuttle drivers, rental car attendants and leasing agents – all working for different employers. On this page we offer links and contact information about positions offered by employers that are part of the commercial airport operations at TUS.
(Click on name of company for information about current employment opportunities.)
Airlines
Airlines and ground servicing companies hire for these positions:
Cleaners
Aircraft Maintenance
Flight Attendants
Baggage Handlers
Ramp Agents
Pilots
Passenger Service Agents
The following airlines and ground service providers hire employees for positions at Tucson International Airport (click on name for information about current openings):
American Airlines
Menzies Aviation
Piedmont Airlines
SkyWest Airlines
Southwest Airlines
Swissport currently operates the fuel facility at TUS. A list of current job openings is here.
Unifi Services (formerly Delta Global Services)
Food Prep, Cashiers, Cooks, Wait Staff, Bussers
Delaware North Companies, Inc. operates the food and beverage concessions in the airport terminal and provides food catering services to the airlines. For information about current openings in the Tucson area, go here.
Retail Sales, Associates, Retail Team Leaders
Hudson Group operates retail gift shops in the terminal. A list of current job openings is here.
