Tucson is the proud host of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, which is one of our largest employers in the city, and home to pilots of A-10s, which Tucsonans call “Warthogs.”
We’ve also got an International Airport.
Both are within city limits of Tucson.
By law, a map must be provided to any Buyer who purchases real estate in Tucson within the designated territory in the vicinity of Davis-Monthan AFB.
If you click on the map just on the left, you’ll see the Military Airport Vicinity defined by the big purple square.
You might notice that just about all of Central and Southern Tucson is within the Military Airport Vicinity!
This doesn’t mean that you will only hear plane noise if you’re in these distinct regions. Really, anywhere in Tucson, you are bound to hear some jet noise every once in a while, whether it is from the airport planes or the air base planes. The maps are created to advise home buyers that the noise levels may be higher in the defined region.
Here’s the map for the Tucson International Airport Vicinity.
It’s perfectly okay to buy a home in Tucson in these areas. I live in the Davis-Monthan Military Airport Vicinity myself. It’s just another piece of information to consider when making the decision to buy or sell real estate in Tucson.
