El Tiro Gliderport

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El Tiro Gliderport
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Summary
Airport typePrivate use; permission required prior to landing
OperatorTucson Soaring Club, Inc.
LocationPima County, Arizona
Elevation AMSL2,100 ft / 640 m
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Websitehttp://tucsonsoaring.org/
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8L/26R 1,300 397 Asphalt
8/26 5,120 1,561 Dirt
8R/26L 5,000 1,524 Dirt
17L/35R 5,000 1,524 Dirt/treated
17R/35L 5,000 1,524 Dirt/treated

El Tiro Gliderport (FAA LID: AZ67), formerly Marana Auxiliary Army Airfield No. 5 (Sahuaro Field), is marked on the Phoenix sectional chart is a non-towered private use gliderport 23 mi (20 nmi; 37 km) northwest of Tucson, Arizona, United States.[1] The airport property is leased from the Bureau of Land Management and has been operated by the Tucson Soaring Club, Inc. (a chapter of the Soaring Society of America) since 1983.[2][3][4]

Marana Auxiliary Army Airfield No. 5 (aka Sahuaro Field) was one of five auxiliary fields that served Marana Army Air Field (now Pinal Airpark) and is one of many Arizona World War II Army Airfields. Sahuaro Field first appeared on the Phoenix sectional chart in 1945. The airfield was originally described as a "206 acres (83 ha) square-shaped property having a 3,000 ft (910 m) square asphalt landing mat." After World War II there is evidence of the airfield being used by the United States Air Force in 1957 for pilot training in North American T-6 Texan and T-28 Trojan aircraft. From 1958 the airport was reportedly abandoned until Tucson Soaring Club leased the property.[5][6]

Facilities

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  • 8L/26R measuring 5,000 ft × 100 ft (1,524 m × 30 m), dirt
  • 8L/26R measuring 1,300 ft × 22 ft (396.2 m × 6.7 m), asphalt, superimposed on 8L/26R
  • 8/26 measuring 5,120 ft × 100 ft (1,561 m × 30 m), dirt center
  • 8R/26L measuring 5,000 ft × 100 ft (1,524 m × 30 m), dirt
  • 17L/35R measuring 5,000 ft × 100 ft (1,524 m × 30 m), dirt/treated
  • 17R/35L measuring 5,000 ft × 100 ft (1,524 m × 30 m), dirt/treated

Old runways

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  • 4L/23R 3,300 ft × 280 ft (1,006 m × 85 m), asphalt
  • 4R/23L 3,300 ft × 280 ft (1,006 m × 85 m), asphalt
  • 13L/32R 3,300 ft × 280 ft (1,006 m × 85 m), asphalt
  • 13R/32R 3,300 ft × 280 ft (1,006 m × 85 m), asphalt
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See also

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References

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