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Big Springs Ranch Airport

AZ27 · Prescott, Arizona · Yavapai County · map

Big Springs Ranch Airport is a private airport owned by Property Owners Assoc., 22 miles north of Prescott, Arizona, 4,421 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 4,200 feet of dirt.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA AZ27
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: Property Owners Assoc.
Elevation: 4,421 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: around the clock
On the chart: Phoenix sectional
In the FAA's files since: November 1989

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
06/24	4,200 × 75 ft	Dirt

Runway 06: power line 30 ft high 600 ft from the end

Aircraft registered in Prescott from the FAA register

330 aircraft are registered to owners in Prescott, Arizona: 268 piston singles, 23 helicopters, 17 piston twins, 8 turboprops, 5 business jets. 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:

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University INC 60 Embry Riddle Aeronautical University INC 18 Crosswind Leasing LLC 14 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 8 Guidance Helicopters INC 5Backcountry Guys LLC 4Raven Aircraft LLC 3Beechit LLC 3Western Warbirds LLC 2Northern Arizona Investment Group LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Arizona.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 1 fatal

2012-06-27WPR12CA287 · Taylorcraft Bc12-D N43087 · accident · no injuries

2010-05-24WPR10LA258 · Rice Gn-1 Air Campier N129JR · accident · 1 killed

2005-06-05LAX05CA195 · Boeing A75N-1 N351AH · accident · no injuries

2003-05-18LAX03LA154 · Piper Pa-32R-301T N99TX · accident · minor injuries

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

Prescott Rgnl/Ernest A Love Field PRC · 16 nm south Cottonwood Airport P52 · 27 nm southeast H A Clark Memorial Field CMR · 29 nm northeast Pilots Rest Airport AZ57 · 2 nm northeast · private Morgan Ranch Airstrip Airport AZ46 · 9 nm south · private Big Chino Airstrip Airport AZ09 · 10 nm northwest · private Robin Airport 59AZ · 11 nm southeast · private Adams Place Heliport 72AZ · 16 nm southeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

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.