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
- 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
Aircraft registered in Carefree from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Carefree, Arizona: 24 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Arizona.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.