Somerton Airport
54AZ · Somerton, Arizona · Yuma County · map
Somerton Airport is a private airport owned by Saltzer Family Trust, 3 miles east of Somerton, Arizona, 177 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 3,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
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 54AZ
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Saltzer Family Trust
- Elevation
- 177 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1945
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,000 × 60 ft | Asphalt | Low-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 1,050 × 80 ft | Dirt |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Yuma Mcas/Yuma International (4 nm northeast), Calexico International (43 nm west), Imperial County (48 nm west), Brawley Municipal (49 nm northwest).
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
- Existed prior to 15 may 59.
- DUSK-2300
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Lighted 30 feet freeway sign at southeast corner of the airport.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Somerton from the FAA register
23 aircraft are registered to owners in Somerton, Arizona: 19 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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 Somerton 23 aircraft · 19 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- MD Aero LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Mcdermotts Letsfly LLC 3 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Arizona 2,983 since 1982 · 466 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 6 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/54AZ.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.