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18AZ ·
Sky Ranch At Carefree Airport
33.81854°N
-111.89833°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼
37.5%
DEP / DAY
3
▼
30.8%
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 4,037 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 3 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
90°F
Wind
11 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
06/24
4,037 ft × 50
ASPH● LITLOW
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
24
54% of ops
117 land · 110 TO
06
46% of ops
101 land · 88 TO
Runway 24 carries 54% of operations (117 landings, 110 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 06 at 46%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
24
117 landings
UA 8%
06
101 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 24 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 117 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
6.8
flights/day · 204 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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