# La Cholla Airpark (57AZ)

**La Cholla Airpark** (FAA: 57AZ) is a small airport in Oro Valley, Arizona, United States. It opened in Apr 1943. It has one runway, 4,670 ft (1,423 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/57az

## At a glance

- FAA: 57AZ
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Oro Valley, Arizona, United States
- Opened: Apr 1943
- Elevation: 2,953 ft / 900 m
- Coordinates: 32.4466, -111.0029
- Runways: 1
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 4,670 ft / 1,423 m
- Time zone: UTC-7 · America/Phoenix
- Website: http://www.lachollaairpark.com/home.asp
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Cholla_Airpark (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6461801
- Weather station: KAVQ
- Ident: 57AZ

## Timeline

- Apr 1943: La Cholla Airpark opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 4,670 ft / 1,423 m | 44 ft / 13 m | Asphalt | 020° / 200° |  |

- 01/19 slopes 1.4%: threshold 01 at 2,887 ft / 880 m, threshold 19 at 2,953 ft / 900 m.
- Also 1 helipad.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,670 ft / 1,423 m | =7,654 of 29,858 | =2,908 in North America | =2,394 in US |
| Elevation | 2,953 ft / 900 m | =5,597 of 43,403 | =2,771 in North America | #2,138 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.900 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/57az/data