Sky Ranch AT Carefree Airport
18AZ · Carefree, Arizona · Maricopa County · map
Sky Ranch AT Carefree Airport is a private airport owned by Sky Ranch Association, 1 mile east of Carefree, Arizona, 2,569 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 4,029 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 18AZ
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Sky Ranch Association
- Elevation
- 2,569 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 942 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 4,029 × 50 ft | Asphalt | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: right-hand traffic pattern, cactus 20 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 24: threshold displaced 495 ft, brush 20 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency. |
| 18AZ AWOS-1 | 125.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-1), by phone 480-488-7882.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Scottsdale Airport (12 nm south), Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (12 nm southwest), Falcon Field (23 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Arizona · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Tgl NA.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- Takeoff runway 6 climb to 3200 feet bfr turning; takeoff runway 24 climb to 3000 feet bfr turning.
- Road 95 feet L; +5 feet sign 90 feet L.
- Road at 150 feet; +5 feet trrn and sign 90 feet R.
- Wash in safety area.
- Pwr line east; mnts west.
- Avoid low otfc of resl area in the vicinity of airport.
- Glider towing operations and operating area.
- Helicopter takeoff and landing NA.
- Taxiway and ramps rated less than 12500 LB gross weight.
- 24 hour landing prior permission required.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Carefree from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Carefree, Arizona: 23 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Arizona.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Fjb Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Scottsdale, 14 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Carefree 27 aircraft · 23 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Ldg Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Fjb Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Arizona 2,983 since 1982 · 466 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Arizona 77 landing places
- Arizona 8,422 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/18AZ.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 30, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.