airport elevation surrounding those airports with an operational control tower.
Air traffic at the airport uses both instrument flight rules (IFR) and visual flight
rules (VFR) with Phoenix Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) managing
all IFR traffic. Under VFR flight, the pilot is responsible for collision avoidance.
Coolidge Municipal Airport. Coolidge Municipal Airport is owned by the City of
Coolidge. It is located just east of the city limits and is approximately nine miles
south of Florence Military Reservation. It has two asphalt runways that measure
5,564 feet long by 150 feet wide and 3,873 feet long by 75 feet wide. Services at
the airport include fuel, charter flights, and parachute activities. In the
12‐month period ending on April 22, 2017, there were an average of 81 aircraft
operations per week. The breakdown of operations is 94 percent local general
aviation, five percent transient general aviation, and one percent military
operations. There is no air traffic control tower at the airport. The airspace
around Coolidge Municipal Airport is Class E. Class E airspace consists of
controlled airspace designed to contain IFR operations near an airport, and while
aircraft are transitioning between the airport and enroute environments. This
transition area is intended to provide protection for aircraft transitioning from
enroute flights to the airport for landing. Air traffic at the airport operate under
both IFR and VFR. Under VFR flight, the pilot is responsible for collision
avoidance. The Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), controls
IFR aircraft entering or leaving the Coolidge Municipal Airport area.
Eloy Municipal Airport. Eloy Municipal Airport is owned by the City of Eloy and
is within the city limits. It is located about 11 miles northwest of Picacho Peak
Stagefield. It has one asphalt runway that measures 3,901 feet long by 75 feet
wide. Eloy Municipal Airport is home to Skydive Arizona, which has become the
world’s largest skydiving center and averages over 135,000 jumps per year. In
the 12‐month period ending April 20, 2017, there were an average of 82 aircraft
operations per day, of which 85 percent were general aviation, 15 percent were
transient general aviation, and less than one percent were military. There is no
air traffic control tower onsite. The airspace around Eloy Municipal Airport is
Class E. All flights into and out of Eloy Municipal Airport are conducted under
VFR. Under VFR flight, the pilot is responsible for collision avoidance. The
Albuquerque ARTCC controls IFR aircraft entering or leaving the Eloy Municipal
Airport area.
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