Arizona State Prison - Safford Heliport
1AZ3 · Safford, Arizona · Graham County · map
Arizona State Prison - Safford Heliport is a private heliport owned by Az State Prison - Safford, 10 miles east of Safford, Arizona, 3,000 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 120 by 120 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1AZ3
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Az State Prison - Safford
- Elevation
- 3,000 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1998
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 120 × 120 ft | Asphalt | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in Safford from the FAA register
64 aircraft are registered to owners in Safford, Arizona: 26 piston singles, 24 turboprops, 6 piston twins, 5 balloons, 2 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport 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 heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Ext 2100.
- Flood lights.
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.