Arizona Bay Airport
AZ78 · Maricopa, Arizona · Maricopa County · map
Arizona Bay Airport is a private airport owned by Dillion Aero, INC, 17 miles west of Maricopa, Arizona, 1,420 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 2,000 feet of dirt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AZ78
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Dillion Aero, INC
- Elevation
- 1,420 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1994
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 2,000 × 60 ft | Dirt |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Stellar Airpark (25 nm northeast), Phoenix Goodyear Airport (25 nm north), Casa Grande Municipal (26 nm east), Chandler Municipal (28 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Ak-Chin Regional (18 nm east), Gila Bend Municipal (20 nm west), Stellar Airpark (25 nm northeast), Phoenix Goodyear Airport (25 nm north).
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
- VFR; private use; coordinate use with other airport operators.
- Landing prior permission required in writing.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Maricopa from the FAA register
44 aircraft are registered to owners in Maricopa, Arizona: 27 piston singles, 11 gliders, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 balloons, 1 helicopter. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Arizona.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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 airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Maricopa 44 aircraft · 27 piston singles, 11 gliders, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Arizona Soaring INC 14 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 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 8,423 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AZ78.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 29, 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.