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57AZ ·

La Cholla Airpark

32.44663°N
-111.00290°W
ARR / DAY
1
20.0%
DEP / DAY
2
100.0%

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 4,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KTUS, 23 mi away (57AZ does not publish METAR)

28m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
6 kts
130°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KTUS 141153Z 13006KT 10SM CLR 25/19 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP133 T02500189 10256 20244 53010

Runway intelligence

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

01
86% of ops
68 land · 15 TO
19
14% of ops
11 land · 0 TO
Runway 01 carries 86% of operations (68 landings, 15 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 14%.

Approach quality

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

01 68 landings
UA 18%
19 11 landings
UA 36%
Approaches to 01 show a 18% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 68 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
3.1
flights/day · 92 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
80%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 3.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.5× weekday (5.6 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (20% of 84 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 12:21 UTC