Picacho Peak
Stagefield Fast Facts
Size:
320 acres, owned
by the AZARNG
85 acres currently
in use for normal
operations
Nearest Town:
City of Eloy,
2.3 miles west
Support facility for
Silverbell Army
heliport:
Picacho Peak Stagefield
Picacho Peak Stagefield is a satellite facility located approximately 13 miles northwest of
SBAH that supports SBAH’s aviation training mission. Helicopter stagefields are an
important element of pilot training, including practicing emergency procedure landing
operations. Picacho Peak Stagefield’s current mission is to operate as necessary to
support the rotary wing and unmanned aerial system training mission of the Army
National Guard and Singapore’s Peace Vanguard. Its mission is to further provide for the
safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of all aircraft within its air traffic control assigned
airspace (ATCAA). Training flights typically consist of closed pattern flights at altitudes
ranging from surface level to 2400 feet AGL within a one‐ to two‐mile radius of the
stagefield. The facility can support up to 12 helicopters simultaneously, but only four to
six are typically in operation at a given time. There is also an instructor training course
for the RQ‐7 Shadow unmanned aerial system.
Picacho Peak Stagefield Mission Footprints
Picacho Peak Stagefield’s overall operational footprint includes the following
components:
Four paved
helicopter
landing lanes Picacho Peak Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace
Helipad Imaginary Surfaces
Parking apron Helipad Accident Potential Zones
Air traffic control
tower
Supports up to
12 helicopters
Picacho Peak Stagefield Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace
The Picacho Peak Stagefield has designated Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace around
it in a four nautical mile radius from the center of the airfield and consists of all airspace
from the surface of the airfield up to and including 2,500 feet AGL, or 4,175 feet MSL.
The controlled airspace around Picacho Peak Stagefield is shown on Figure 7.
Helipad Imaginary Surfaces
Picacho Peak Stagefield’s imaginary surfaces, shown on Figure 8, are similar in size to
those at SBAH, but since there are four landing lanes, the combined imaginary surfaces
are wider. While the imaginary surfaces go outside of the fenced area around the
landing lanes, the majority are contained within the footprint of the installation. The
approach‐departure clearance surface extends roughly 50 feet past the southern
boundary and less than ten feet past the northern boundary.
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