Private charter to & from Sierra Vista

Sierra Vista grew up beside Fort Huachuca, the historic Army post at the foot of the Huachuca Mountains that is now home to the Army’s intelligence training center and its network command. The fort and the defense contractors that support it are the backbone of the local economy, along with healthcare, retail and a growing retiree population drawn by the mild climate at about 4,600 feet. The city calls itself the Hummingbird Capital of the United States, and the canyons of the Huachucas and the San Pedro River draw birders from around the world.

The drive from Tucson takes about an hour and a half, and from Phoenix more than three hours, so contractors, military visitors and families often find it simpler to fly private into Sierra Vista Municipal Airport, which shares its runways with the fort’s Libby Army Airfield. The surrounding corner of Arizona is full of character: the old mining town of Bisbee, Tombstone and its Western history, the vineyards and tasting rooms of Sonoita and Elgin, the caves at Kartchner Caverns and the grasslands and border views of Coronado National Memorial.