El Tiro Gliderport , formerly Marana Auxiliary Army Airfield No. 5 (Sahuaro Field), is marked on the Phoenix sectional chart is a non-towered private use gliderport northwest of Tucson, Arizona, United States. 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.
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 " square-shaped property having a 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.
Facilities 8L/26R measuring , dirt 8L/26R measuring , asphalt, superimposed on 8L/26R 8/26 measuring , dirt center 8R/26L measuring , dirt 17L/35R measuring , dirt/treated 17R/35L measuring , dirt/treated
Old runways 4L/23R , asphalt 4R/23L , asphalt 13L/32R , asphalt 13R/32R , asphalt
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See also Pinal Airpark Arizona World War II Army Airfields List of airports in Arizona
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