Lea County Jal Airport

Lea County Jal Airport
USGS aerial image, 1997 (North is to the right)
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Lea County
Serves Jal, New Mexico
Elevation AMSL 3,118 ft / 950 m
Coordinates 32°07′52″N 103°09′17″W / 32.13111°N 103.15472°W / 32.13111; -103.15472Coordinates: 32°07′52″N 103°09′17″W / 32.13111°N 103.15472°W / 32.13111; -103.15472
Website leacounty.net/jalairport.htm
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 4,704 1,434 Asphalt
9/27 2,604 794 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 4,200
Based aircraft 2

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

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 April 7, 2008, the airport had 4,200 aircraft operations, an average of 11 per day.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for E26 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-08-27.
  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.
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