Davis Monthan Air Force Base
DMA · KDMA · Tucson, Arizona · Pima County · map
Davis Monthan Air Force Base is a private airport owned by Usaf, 2 miles southwest of Tucson, Arizona, 2,704 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 13,645 feet of partially concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (Jet A with additives).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DMA · ICAO KDMA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 2,704 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · m-f 1200-0700z; wkend, holidays, and acc down days 1500-0000z.
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- Jet A with additives; the services card below
- Notes
- customs available
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 13,645 × 200 ft | Partially concrete | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1), right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.8 | D-M |
| Tower | 118.85 | D-M |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace Runway 13 286-089 tus; Runway 31 066-274 tus | 119.4 | D-M |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace Runway 31 275-065 tus; Runway 13, 090-285 tus | 125.1 | D-M |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 128.5 | D-M |
| Approach (secondary) | 139.9 | D-M |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
- Notes
- customs available
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Tucson International (4 nm southwest), Ryan Field (15 nm west), Marana Regional (22 nm northwest), Benson Muni/Paul Kerchum Field (29 nm east).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Tucson International (4 nm southwest), Ryan Field (15 nm west), Marana Regional (22 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
- Noise abatment procedure in effect: quiet hour 0530-1300Z except 7 day prior permission required. Maximum climb NA. disc aft burner safely asap. Hvy exp runway 13 departure.
- Convl 3700 feet; overhead 5000 feet until 4 DME then 4200 feet. No overhead traffic pattern authorized except to permission base asgn aircraft sunset to sunrise. Maximum speed in overhead pattern is 300 kias. Do not exceed 3700 feet until departure end of runway.
- Hook BAK-12A(B) (125 feet ovrn) hook BAK-12A(B)(1200 feet).
- Hook BAK-12A(B)(1198 feet) hook BAK-12A(B) (70 feet ovrn).
- Bearing strength S155 T210 ST175 TT345. Assault landing zone mark 2000 feet from threshold. Standard acc rsrs applied except 6000 feet between C130 aircraft.
- First 2700 feet runway 13 and first 2445 feet runway 31 concrete; mid 8500 feet asphalt.
- Ctn: wildlife in the vicinity of of runway; spcly JUN-AUG.
- Fluid: SP presair lhox lox
- Oil: O-148-156 joap; W-72 hour PN rqr
- A-GEAR: all BAK-12A extn.
- Restricted: DV code 6 or above and space a passenger - ptd 30 minimum prior to arrival for block time.
- Ctn: HI altitude weather balloon release 1100Z and 2300Z daily; 5 MI fnl runway 13.
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 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.
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 airport, 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 airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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 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 airport 2 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/DMA.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 28, 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.