LA Cholla Airpark
57AZ · Tucson, Arizona · Pima County · map
LA Cholla Airpark is a private airport owned by La Cholla Airpark INC, 8 miles northwest of Tucson, Arizona, 2,953 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 4,670 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 57AZ
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- La Cholla Airpark INC
- Elevation
- 2,953 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, on call
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 4,670 × 44 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| H1 | 44 × 44 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 01: threshold displaced 250 ft
- Runway 19: threshold displaced 327 ft
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.975 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Marana Regional (11 nm west), Pinal Airpark (17 nm west), Tucson International (20 nm south), Ryan Field (20 nm southwest).
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
- Rotorcraft use left traffic pattern; taxi to runway centerline and maneuver west; park 125 feet west of centerline; follow signs.
- Prior permission required - amgr.
- Mnt 122.975 in the vicinity of airport.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Tucson from the FAA register
739 aircraft are registered to owners in Tucson, Arizona: 558 piston singles, 43 piston twins, 27 gliders, 26 business jets, 26 balloons. 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
Fuel and service companies in Tucson, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Charter operators and airlines based in Tucson:
- Eagle Aviation, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Tucson (12 of 19, all of them):
- Aircraft Inspection & Management, LLC
- Airtronics, INC Airtronics Inc.
- Amentum Services, INC
- American Turbo Systems
- Ascent Aviation Services LLC
- Astrodyne International INC Astrodyne International is an FAA, EASA, and CAA approved repair station in Tucson, Arizona, specializing in the overhaul and repair of electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic aircraft systems and accessories.
- Bae Systems Technology Solutions & Services INC
- Cappsco International Corporation A Midwest Compan
- Honeywell Aerospace US LLC - Tucson R&O
- Instrument Services INC
- James B. Geist
- Learjet INC
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 · 8 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 Tucson 739 aircraft · 558 piston singles, 43 piston twins, 27 gliders
- Wind Walker LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Swede Aviation LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Eagle Aviation INC 5 aircraft in town
- Aerial Productions International INC 5 aircraft in town
- Aviation Hangar Foam Specialists LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Fios Flightline LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Nachio Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Eagle Aviation, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Aircraft Inspection & Management, LLC · repair station
- Airtronics, INC · repair station
- Amentum Services, INC · repair station
- American Turbo Systems · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 8 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Arizona 2,985 since 1982 · 468 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/57AZ.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.