Lea County Jal Airport

Coordinates: 32°07′52″N 103°09′17″W / 32.13111°N 103.15472°W / 32.13111; -103.15472
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Lea County Jal Airport
USGS aerial image, 1997 (north is to the right)
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerLea County
ServesJal, New Mexico
Elevation AMSL3,118 ft / 950 m
Coordinates32°07′52″N 103°09′17″W / 32.13111°N 103.15472°W / 32.13111; -103.15472
Websiteleacounty.net/jalairport.htm
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 4,704 1,434 Asphalt
9/27 2,604 794 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations (year ending 3/31/2023)3,000
Based aircraft9

Lea County Jal Airport[2] (FAA LID: E26) is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Jal, a city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States.[1]

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009-2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation airport.[3]

Facilities and aircraft[edit]

Jal Airport covers an area of 320 acres (130 ha) at an elevation of 3,118 feet (950 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 is 4,704 by 60 feet (1,434 x 18 m) and 9/27 is 2,604 by 50 feet (794 x 15 m).

For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2023, the airport had 3,000 aircraft operations, an average of 57 per week. At that time, 9 aircraft were based here: 7 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, and 1 jet.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for E26 PDF, effective December 28, 2023.
  2. ^ Lea County Jal Airport Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine. Lea County, New Mexico. Accessed 13 October 2009.
  3. ^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013. Federal Aviation Administration. Published 1 Oct 2008.

External links[edit]

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