Cottonwood Airport
P52 · Cottonwood, Arizona · Yavapai County · map
Cottonwood Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Cottonwood, 1 mile southwest of Cottonwood, Arizona, 3,560 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 4,250 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 50 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 2 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 35,041 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Cottonwood Airport?
Its FAA code is P52.
Where is Cottonwood Airport?
It is 1 mile southwest of Cottonwood, Arizona, 3,560 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Cottonwood Airport?
Its one runway, 14/32, is 4,250 feet long, asphalt.
Does Cottonwood Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Cottonwood Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Cottonwood Airport?
11 pilot examiners and 7 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Cottonwood Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA P52
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Cottonwood
- Elevation
- 3,560 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1943
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,250 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, brush 8 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.375 | |
| P52 and aWOS-3 | 119.925 | |
| Cottonwood and rco | 122.3 | Cottonwood · Communications provided by prescott radio on frequency 122.3 (Cottonwood rco). |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 928-634-0916.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Sedona Airport (14 nm northeast), Prescott Rgnl/Ernest A Love Field (19 nm west), Flagstaff Pulliam Airport (31 nm northeast), H A Clark Memorial Field (35 nm north).
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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 32; PAPI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude: 800 feet above ground level single eng.
- H24 with credit card.
- Runway 32 calm wind runway.
- 300 feet paved stwy both ends.
- 12 feet brush 50-200 feet from threshold 120-175 feet R of centerline; 15 feet brush 0-200 feet from threshold 60-250 feet L of centerline; 4 feet berm 30-200 feet from threshold 125-250 feet L of centerline.
- Gliders and wildlife in the vicinity of airport.
- Tgl operations NA 6:00 pm to 8:00 am wkday and 6:00 pm to 9:00 am wkend and holidays. More than three aircraft conducting tgl operations in pattern NA.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 41 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| helicopters | 3 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 35,041, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 32,378 |
| general aviation, local | 2,663 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Cottonwood from the FAA register
31 aircraft are registered to owners in Cottonwood, Arizona: 20 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 3 helicopters, 2 turboprops, 1 balloon. 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
Charter operators and airlines based in Cottonwood:
- Global Air Support, LLC. 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Cottonwood:
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
11 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 11 for private pilot, 10 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 9 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 7 aviation medical examiners, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Jason Wiliam Anderson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Prescott Valley, AZ (12 nm) · (928) 848-7386 · [email protected]
- Benjamin Reyes private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Cutter Aviation · Prescott, AZ (19 nm) · (928) 925-4759 · [email protected]
- Clayton Andrew Beckmann private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; helicopters · Guidance Aviation · Prescott, AZ (19 nm) · (520) 336-7274 · [email protected]
- Daniel Mackenzie private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Prescott, AZ (19 nm) · (480) 266-8577 · [email protected]
- Daniel Alan Knight private pilot; airplanes · Prescott, AZ (19 nm) · (425) 205-9310 · [email protected]
- Jason John Kopcsak private pilot, commercial and instrument, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Chino Valley, AZ (19 nm) · (928) 710-4825 · [email protected]
- Josh Lee Donaldson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Chino Valley, AZ (19 nm) · (928) 710-4988 · [email protected]
- Mark John Szpak private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Chino Valley, AZ (19 nm) · (224) 595-4668 · [email protected]
All 22 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 28 since 1982, 5 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 Cottonwood 31 aircraft · 20 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 3 helicopters
- Elt Holdings LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Global Air Support, LLC. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Cravens, Larry Lee · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 28 since 1982 · 5 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/P52.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.