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Pilots Rest Airport

AZ57 · Paulden, Arizona · Yavapai County · map

Pilots Rest Airport is a private airport owned by Pilots Rest Airstrip LLC, 5 miles southwest of Paulden, Arizona, 4,450 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,925 feet of gravel.

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

The airport

Codes: FAA AZ57
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: Pilots Rest Airstrip LLC
Elevation: 4,450 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: unattended
On the chart: Phoenix sectional
Magnetic variation: 13E
In the FAA's files since: November 2000

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
08/26	3,925 × 50 ft	Gravel

Runway 26: right-hand traffic pattern

Aircraft registered in Paulden from the FAA register

22 aircraft are registered to owners in Paulden, Arizona: 19 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 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.

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

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 fatal

2019-08-04GAA19CA483 · Schleicher Asw 24 N37T · accident · serious injuries

2006-11-13LAX07LA032 · Kolb Mk III N2031S · accident · 2 killed

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 · 17 nm south Cottonwood Airport P52 · 26 nm southeast H A Clark Memorial Field CMR · 27 nm northeast Big Springs Ranch Airport AZ27 · 2 nm southwest · private Morgan Ranch Airstrip Airport AZ46 · 10 nm south · private Big Chino Airstrip Airport AZ09 · 10 nm northwest · private Robin Airport 59AZ · 12 nm south · private Adams Place Heliport 72AZ · 16 nm southeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided pvt use VFR only, sponser ensure obstruction free ingress and egress routes.

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.