Estrella Sailport
E68 · Maricopa, Arizona · Pinal County · map
Estrella Sailport is a public-use gliderport owned by Arizona Soaring INC, 6 miles west of Maricopa, Arizona, 1,273 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 3,740 feet of dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA E68
- Kind
- Gliderport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Arizona Soaring INC
- Elevation
- 1,273 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1969
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,740 × 20 ft | Dirt, fair | |
| 06R/24L | 2,520 × 30 ft | Asphalt, fair | |
| 06C/24C | 1,995 × 25 ft | Dirt, fair | |
| 06L/24R | 1,910 × 25 ft | Dirt, fair |
- Runway 07: brush 10 ft high 256 ft from the end
- Runway 25: brush 6 ft high 105 ft from the end
- Runway 06R: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 06C: right-hand traffic pattern, brush 4 ft high 20 ft from the end
- Runway 24C: brush 8 ft high 100 ft from the end
- Runway 06L: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 10 ft high 90 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · 123.3 available for comm between glider and tow aircraft. |
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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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Arizona.
Accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport NTSB records · 4 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
- 123.3 available for comm between glider and tow aircraft.
- Obstrns mtns southwest, north and northwest. 1 feet berm and 1 feet ditch 30 feet north of runway 06L/24R.
- Glider service only.
- 4 feet brush 117 feet L at runway end.
- 5 feet brush 40 feet L and 0-20 feet runway end.
- Closed indefinitely.
- Pwr aircraft pattern south of runways; glider pattern north of runways.
- Pwr operations use runway not in use by gliders.
- Aerobatic box actv 9:00 am to 6:00 pm; one square MI around PXR194023.
- Hvy no radio act.
- Tkoff paved runway only.
- Alert: hvy glider traffic operations WO com WI 5 NM.
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.