Saguaro Heliport
5AZ5 · Tucson, Arizona · Pima County · map
Saguaro Heliport is a private heliport owned by the U.S. National Park Service, 4 miles east of Tucson, Arizona, 3,102 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 90 by 90 feet of asphalt and concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5AZ5
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- U.S. National Park Service
- Elevation
- 3,102 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1998
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 90 × 90 ft | Asphalt and concrete |
Aircraft registered in Tucson from the FAA register
735 aircraft are registered to owners in Tucson, Arizona: 556 piston singles, 43 piston twins, 27 gliders, 25 business jets, 25 balloons. 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
- Provided VFR; pvt use.
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.