Sells Airport
E78 · Sells, Arizona · Pima County · map
Sells Airport is a public-use airport owned by Tohono O'Odham Nation, 2 miles northwest of Sells, Arizona, 2,409 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 5,830 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA E78
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Tohono O'Odham Nation
- Elevation
- 2,409 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,830 × 60 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 04: trees 9 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 22: trees 15 ft high 210 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Sells from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Sells, AZ as the owner's town.
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 FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to 5/15/59.
- 15-18 feet trees and brush in prim surface full length both sides. 8-15 in edge drop offs and 3 feet ditches WI 3 feet of edges. Tank truck parked 16 feet from edge near mid point.
- Areas nrw 20 feet due to bushes.
- 10-12 feet trees and brush 0-200 feet from threshold both sides. +3 feet berm 100 feet from threshold on centerline air carriers approach.
- 12 feet tree 123 feet from runway end 59 feet R; 4 feet fence 75 feet from runway end 40 feet L and R of centerline.
- Faded.
- Faded.
- 6 in yellow centerline stripe only.
- 6 in yellow centerline stripe only.
- Large cracks, loose aggregate and isolated holes.
- 5 tie-downs in prim surface.
- Livestock on in the vicinity of airport.
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.