# Flying Diamond Airport (6AZ8)

**Flying Diamond Airport** (FAA: 6AZ8) is a small airport in Sahuarita, Arizona, United States. It opened in Mar 2000. It has one runway, 2,650 ft (808 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/6az8

## At a glance

- FAA: 6AZ8
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Sahuarita, Arizona, United States
- Opened: Mar 2000
- Elevation: 3,800 ft / 1,158 m
- Coordinates: 31.9378, -111.1190
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,650 ft / 808 m
- Time zone: UTC-7 · America/Phoenix
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49746273
- Weather station: KRYN
- Ident: 6AZ8

## Timeline

- Mar 2000: Flying Diamond Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 2,650 ft / 808 m | 35 ft / 11 m | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,650 ft / 808 m | =18,648 of 29,858 | =8,089 in North America | =6,889 in US |
| Elevation | 3,800 ft / 1,158 m | =3,850 of 43,403 | =2,055 in North America | =1,624 in US |
| Age | Opened 2000 | =11,262 of 15,079 | =8,856 in North America | =8,734 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [14AZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/14az.md) Ruby Star Airpark · 2.0 mi / 3.1 km
- [KRYN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kryn.md) Ryan Field · 15 mi / 23 km
- [US-2563](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2563.md) Diamond Bell Airstrip · 15 mi / 25 km
- [US-3796](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-3796.md) Buckelew Farm Landing Field · 16 mi / 25 km
- [US-2562](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2562.md) King Anvil Ranch Airstrip · 16 mi / 26 km
- [TUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktus.md) Tucson International Airport · 16 mi / 26 km

## 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/6az8/data