EL Tiro
AZ67 · Tucson, Arizona · Pima County · map
EL Tiro is a private gliderport owned by Tucson Soaring Club, INC., 23 miles northwest of Tucson, Arizona, 2,100 feet above sea level. It has 5 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 5,120 feet of dirt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The gliderport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AZ67
- Kind
- Gliderport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Tucson Soaring Club, INC.
- Elevation
- 2,100 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Friday to Saturday to Sunday, 8:30 am to dusk
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1983
Runways 5
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,120 × 100 ft | Dirt | |
| 08L/26R | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt and dirt | |
| 08R/26L | 5,000 × 100 ft | Dirt-trtd | |
| 17L/35R | 5,000 × 100 ft | Dirt-trtd | |
| 17R/35L | 5,000 × 130 ft | Dirt-trtd |
- Runway 08: threshold displaced 500 ft
- Runway 26: threshold displaced 500 ft
- Runway 08L: threshold displaced 500 ft
- Runway 26R: threshold displaced 500 ft
- Runway 08R: threshold displaced 500 ft
- Runway 26L: threshold displaced 500 ft
- Runway 17L: threshold displaced 500 ft
- Runway 35R: threshold displaced 500 ft
- Runway 17R: threshold displaced 500 ft
- Runway 35L: threshold displaced 500 ft
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Pinal Airpark (6 nm northeast), Marana Regional (9 nm east), Ryan Field (20 nm southeast), Eloy Municipal (25 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Pinal Airpark (6 nm northeast), Marana Regional (9 nm east), Ryan Field (20 nm southeast), Eloy Municipal (25 nm northwest).
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
- Condl: VFR; private use.
- Multicom 123.5 available.
- Center 1300 an X 22' asphalt; superimposed in 5000 an X 100' dirt.
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 gliderport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this gliderport 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 gliderport, 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 gliderport
Accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 0 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 gliderport 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 gliderport 8 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Arizona 2,983 since 1982 · 466 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/AZ67.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.