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18AZ ·
Sky Ranch At Carefree Airport
33.81854°N
-111.89833°W
ARR / DAY
3
▼
8.7%
DEP / DAY
4
▲
40.0%
Sky Ranch At Carefree Airport (18AZ) is a small general aviation airport located in Carefree, AZ, 21 mi north of Scottsdale. It features 1 runway measuring 4,029 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KPHX, 27 mi away (18AZ does not publish METAR)
Temp
89°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
06/24
4,029 ft × 50
ASPH● LITLOW
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
24
51% of ops
57 land · 63 TO
06
49% of ops
54 land · 39 TO
Runway 24 carries 51% of operations (57 landings, 63 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 06 at 49%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
24
57 landings
UA 7%
06
54 landings
UA 30%
Approaches to 24 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 57 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.
Traffic behavior
When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend
Daily avg
6.6
flights/day · 198 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
84%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.725 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.725 | — |
| AWOS | 125.625 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZAB
- Elevation:
- 2,569 ft
- Mag var:
- 13° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL, A+
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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