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57AZ ·

La Cholla Airpark

32.44663°N
-111.00290°W
ARR / DAY
1
33.3%
DEP / DAY
2
6.3%

La Cholla Airpark (57AZ) is a small general aviation airport located in Tucson, AZ, 16 mi north of Tucson. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,670 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KDMA, 21 mi away (57AZ does not publish METAR)

37m ago
Temp
99°F
Wind
5 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KDMA 271855Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR 37/12 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP155 T03730120 TSNO $

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

01
94% of ops
34 land · 5 TO
19
6% of ops
2 land · 0 TO
Runway 01 carries 94% of operations (34 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 6%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

01 34 landings
UA 24%
19 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 01 show a 24% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 34 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
3.0
flights/day · 89 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
83%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 3.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (3.5 vs 2.9 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (19% of 83 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
UNICOM 122.975
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAB
Elevation:
2,953 ft
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 19:32 UTC