Benson Muni/Paul Kerchum Field
E95 · Benson, Arizona · Cochise County · map
Benson Muni/Paul Kerchum Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Benson, 3 miles northwest of Benson, Arizona, 3,831 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 4,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 18 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 24,400 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA E95
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Benson
- Elevation
- 3,831 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1999
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 4,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency. |
| E95 and aWOS-3 | 118.475 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 520-265-5232.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 24,400, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Benson from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Benson, Arizona: 23 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Arizona.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 14 since 1982, 2 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
- Provided VFR operations only.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Avblty - amgr.
- Erratic wind 0.5 NM from threshold when +10 kts. 110 feet taxiway extds from threshold to the west. Four 15 feet ditches both sides of runway ends and west half of runway with headwalls 130 feet south of centerline.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Fuel H24 with credit card.
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.