Cochise County
P33 · Willcox, Arizona · Cochise County · map
Cochise County is a public-use airport owned by Cochise County, 3 miles west of Willcox, Arizona, 4,187 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 6,095 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 17 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 50,500 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA P33
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Cochise County
- Elevation
- 4,187 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, closed holidays
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 6,095 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency. |
| P33 and aWOS-3PT | 119.025 | |
| Tucson and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.45 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 520-384-9221.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 50,500, 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 Willcox from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Willcox, Arizona: 32 piston singles, 4 gliders, 2 drones, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 9 since 1982, 1 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- 2-6 feet brush 150-250 feet from centerline north side in prim surface. Runway 21 calm wind runway.
- 2-3 feet brush 0-50 feet from threshold 90 feet from centerline.
- Military operations in the vicinity of airport.
- South half of parl taxiway closed.
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.