Desert Skydiving Centre - Buckeye, AZ - a skydiving center in Buckeye, Arizona

The Desert Skydiving Centre located at KBXK in Buckeye, Arizona offers a variety of skydiving options to those that wish to do so. The centre has a variety of options meaning that there is something for everyone from the first time jumper to the jumper that has been up a thousand times. Specific information about the services provided can be gotten by contacting the Desert Skydiving Centre directly.

There are five hours of training prior to taking patrons out for the first skydive on a static line. A static line automatically pulls the parachute when jumping the 3500 feet out of the plane. This takes you on a seven minute ride with the ram air parachute. Costs of the Static Line jump are $145 for the first jump; the second through fifth jump runs $80 with sixth jump costing $65. Without radio controls the cost of the sixth jump and every jump thereafter is $60. The maximum weight of the jumper is set at two hundred and thirty pounds; there is an average of eighteen to twenty jumps performed.

Tandem jumpers only receive thirty minutes of training since an expert is harnessed to them. Jumps are made from over two miles in the sky. There is an average of ten to twelve jumps done with this training; maximum jumper weight is two hundred and twenty pounds. The cost of the first jump is dependent on the altitude and ranges from $120 to $180. The second through fourth jumps are each $150 plus a $50 charge for ground school. Jump five and all jumps after that are $145 each jump.

Freefall is forty seconds before pulling the ripcord for a maximum of seven minutes of parachuting. Those participating in an accelerated freefall receive six hours of training to go over all of skydiving's most important points. Real equipment is used to practice everything from exiting the plane to landing. The cost is $275 for the first jump, $225 for the second and third jumps. The cost of the fourth jump and each one after that is $145.

Prices of training programs at the Desert Skydiving Centre vary with rental fees for equipment not included in the cost of the programs or the jumps performed. Getting to the centre is easy simply take I-10 West from Phoenix to Exit 109. This is the Palo Verde Road where you will turn left and continue for approximately half a mile. The Desert Skydiving Centre is the hanger on the right.

The center offers gear rental and sales in addition to rigging services. There are a number of certification program available. There is a covered parking area, creeping area and load organizers. The facilities also have a bunkhouse, restaurant, camping facilities and showers. Additional details of the skydiving training and information about the costs can be gotten by contacting the Desert Skydiving Center; with all the options available it is a great place for jumpers whether they have went skydiving a thousand times or are just starting to learn.