El Tiro Gliderport

El Tiro Gliderport, formally Marana Auxiliary Army Airfield No. 5 (Sahuaro Field), is marked on the Phoenix sectional chart is a non-towered private use gliderport 23 mi 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 "206 acre square-shaped property having a 3000 ft 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 5000 x, dirt
 * 8L/26R measuring 1300 x, asphalt, superimposed on 8L/26R
 * 8/26 measuring 5120 x, dirt center
 * 8R/26L measuring 5000 x, dirt
 * 17L/35R measuring 5000 x, dirt/treated
 * 17R/35L measuring 5000 x, dirt/treated

Old runways

 * 4L/23R 3300 x, asphalt
 * 4R/23L 3300 x, asphalt
 * 13L/32R 3300 x, asphalt
 * 13R/32R 3300 x, asphalt