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
- 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
- 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 |
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Arizona.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR; private use; coordinate use with other airport operators.
- Landing prior permission required in writing.
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.