Eric Marcus Municipal Airport
USGS aerial image - 7 September 1992
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: P01
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Pima County
Serves		Ajo, Arizona
Location		Pima County, Arizona
Elevation AMSL		1,458 ft / 444 m
Coordinates		32°27′10″N 112°51′41″W / 32.45278°N 112.86139°W / 32.45278; -112.86139
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
12/30	3,800	1,158	Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations			300
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Eric Marcus Municipal Airport (FAA LID: P01) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It is located five nautical miles (9 km) north of the central business district of Ajo and is about 82 miles (132 km) southwest of Phoenix. The airport was renamed on February 11, 2006; it was formerly known as Ajo Municipal Airport.

The airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.

History

The airport was opened about 1943 as Ajo Army Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base and gunnery range during World War II. It was under the command of the 472d (Reduced) Army Air Force Base Unit, AAF West Coast Training Center as a sub-post of Luke Field.

Ajo AAF also had three auxiliary landing fields, located out on the (now) Barry Goldwater bombing range, #1 at 32°31′41″N 112°55′58″W / 32.52806°N 112.93278°W / 32.52806; -112.93278; #2 at 32°36′19″N 112°52′41″W / 32.60528°N 112.87806°W / 32.60528; -112.87806, and #3 at 32°39′38″N 112°52′14″W / 32.66056°N 112.87056°W / 32.66056; -112.87056. Although abandoned since the war, all of these fields are easily visible from the air.

At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use. Of the three original runways, only one is serviceable and still in use. Most of the buildings on the airfield were sold off, removed or broken up. Abandoned streets and taxiways are being eroded away by sands, tumbleweeds and time.

Facilities and aircraft

Eric Marcus Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,375 acres (556 ha) and has one runway designated 12/30 with a 3,800 x 60 ft (1,158 x 18 m) asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2006, the airport had 300 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 25 per month.

The Ajo Country Club is on the southeast part of the former Army Airfield containment area.

Location & QuickFacts

Owner & Manager

 Airport Operations and Facilities

 Airport Services

Remarks

• HEAVY MILITARY JET TFC INVOF ARPT.
• MOUNTAINS IN ALL QUADRANTS.
• 4 FT DIKE 1340 FT FM THR RWY 30.
• TWYS IN POOR COND EXCP MAIN TWY AT MIDFIELD.
• RY 12/30 ASPH & GRAVEL STOPWAY 1400 FT NW END 1065 FT STOPWAY SE END; ASPH BROKEN UP AND BRUSH GROWING ON STOPWAYS.
• FOR ARPT ATTENDANT CALL (602) 359-1312.
• RY 12/30 HAS A NUMBER OF 2 FT BY 2 FT EXPOSED CONC CABLE MARKERS BOTH SIDES OF RY WITHIN 20 FT OF PAVED SFC.
• ESTABD PRIOR TO 1959.

Address:
Pima County, AZ

Phone:
520-740-6731

General Info
Country	United States
State	ARIZONA
FAA ID	P01
Latitude	32.450058 32° 27' 00.21" N
Longitude	-112.867378 112° 52' 02.56" W
Elevation	1458 feet 444 meters
Magnetic Variation	011° E (01/05)
Beacon	Yes
Operating Agency	U.S.CIVIL AIRPORT WHEREIN PERMIT COVERS USE BY TRANSIT MILITARY AIRCRAFT

Communications
PRESCOTT RDO	SEE REMARKS
CTAF	122.9

Runways
ID	Dimensions	Surface	PCN	ILS
12/30	3800 x 60 feet 1158 x 18 meters	ASPHALT	-	NO

Navaids
Type	ID	Name	Channel	Freq	Distance From Field	Bearing From Navaid
VORTAC	GBN	GILA BEND	113X	116.6	31.8 NM	185.8

Runway 12/30

3800 x 60 feet
1158 x 18 meters

Navaids