Marana Regional
AVQ · KAVQ · Marana, Arizona · Pima County · map
Marana Regional is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Marana, 15 miles northwest of Marana, Arizona, 2,032 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 6,901 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additives).
Weather right now KAVQ · observed 1:55 pm MST (20:55 UTC), 24 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 93°F (34°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAVQ 062055Z AUTO 29006KT 10SM CLR 34/14 A2991 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AVQ · ICAO KAVQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Marana
- Elevation
- 2,032 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 5:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 6,901 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 3,892 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 03: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 494 ft, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, two lights on the left, brush 13 ft high 225 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.4 | |
| Avq and aWOS-3 | 118.375 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 520-682-1397.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Marana from the FAA register
124 aircraft are registered to owners in Marana, Arizona: 100 piston singles, 9 balloons, 6 airliners and large jets, 4 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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 · 22 since 1982, 7 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
- Aerobatic act 2 MI southeast SFC-7000 feet above sea level; high and low level prcht training northwest quad.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 and 12/30 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 03, 12, 21 and 30 on continuously.
- Runway 12 calm wind runway.
- PAPI unusable beyond 7.0 NM due to trrn.
- PAPI unusable beyond 3.5 NM due to trrn.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to dthr.
- Helicopter lnd southeast helipad only; fuel and term ramp landing NA.
- Pref traffic pattern altitude 3000 feet above sea level, light aircraft; 3500 feet above sea level, heavy aircraft.
- Frmn flight prior permission required WI 5 NM - amgr.
- Hot air ballon operations NA.
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.