Artesia Municipal Airport

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Artesia Weather (°F)

METAR: KATS 190135Z AUTO 16014KT 10SM SCT080 SCT090 14/01 A3024 RMK AO2

TAF: N/A

Reporting Station: KATS (0.2 NM at True Heading of 81)
Visibility: 10+SM
Flight Category: VFR
Altimeter: 1024.1
Temperature: 14 C (57.2 F)
Dewpoint: 1 C (33.8 F)

Location

Latitude: 
32-51-07.0000N (32.851944)
Longitude: 
104-28-03.3000W (-104.467583)
Elevation: 
3544.5 feet MSL (1080 m MSL)
Magnetic Variation: 
6.8 E (as of March 2024 from WMM2020 model)
Time Zone: 
UTC -7.0 (Standard Time)
UTC -6.0 (Daylight Savings Time)
From City: 
03 N.M. W of Artesia, New Mexico
Found On: 
Albuquerque Chart
FAA Region: 
ASW

Contacts

Manager: 
Publicly owned: 
LANCE GOODRICH
PO BOX 1310
ARTESIA, NM 88211
575-748-3206
CITY OF ARTESIA
702 AIRPORT RD
ARTESIA, NM 88210
575-746-2122

Operations

Airport Status: 
Operational
Facility Use: 
Public
Type: 
Airport
Activation Date: 
11/1944
Control tower: 
No
Attendance (Months/Days/Hours): 
Months/Days/Hours
ALL/ALL/0700-1700
Boundary ARTCC: 
ZAB (Albuquerque)
Responsible ARTCC: 
ZAB (Albuquerque)
Lighting Schedule: 
SEE RMK
Segmented Circle Indicator: 
Yes
Traffic Pattern Altitude (MSL): 
4544 feet (1385 m)
NOTAMs Facility: 
ATS
NOTAM-D Service: 
Yes
International Airport of Entry: 
No
Customs Landing Rights: 
No
Military Landing Rights: 
Yes
Civil/Military Joint Use: 
No

Based Aircraft

Single Engine:  19
Multi Engine:  4
Jet Engine:  1

Annual Operations (as of 04/01/2023)

Total Operations:  15550
GA Local:  4400 28.3%
GA Itinerant:  7150 46.0%
Military Aircraft:  4000 25.7%

Communications

CTAF:  123.075
Unicom:  123.075
Approach:  ROSWELL
119.6
119.6
ALBUQUERQUE ARTCC
Departure:  ROSWELL
119.6
119.6
ALBUQUERQUE ARTCC
AWOS-3:  126.725 (575-748-0270)

  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY ALBUQUERQUE ARTCC ON FREQS 132.65/257.6 (ROSWELL RCAG) WHEN ROSWELL APCH CTL CLSD.
   

Fixed Based Operators (FBOs) & Fuel

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Area Code: 505

Business Name Frequency Phone Fuel Grade
City of Artesia
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Unicom 122.8 748-3206, 746-4158/4196, 748-8805 100LL, Jet A
Desert Aircraft Salvage
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Unicom 122.8 746-2477, 800-537-7494
Devil Dusters
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748-3066, 365-8860
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Flight Service Stations

Primary Alternate
FSS on Field:  N
FSS Name (ID):  Albuquerque(ABQ)
Frequency: 
Toll Free Phone:  1-800-WX-BRIEF

Instrument Procedures / Charts


FAA Terminal Procedures valid from 0901Z 02/22/24 to 0901Z 03/21/24.

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HOT - Hot Spots
IAP - Instrument Approach Procedure Charts
MIN - Minimums
STAR - Standard Terminal Arrival Charts
Page Type Page Name Volume Action Since
Last Cycle
IAP RNAV (GPS) RWY 13 SW-1
IAP RNAV (GPS) RWY 22 SW-1
IAP RNAV (GPS) RWY 31 SW-1
MIN ALTERNATE MINIMUMS SW-1
MIN TAKEOFF MINIMUMS SW-1
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Navigation Aids (Navaids) near ATS

Navigational Aid (NAVAID) distances from the airport are listed in Nautical Miles (NM).

Nearby Airports with Fuel

Dist (NM) Name (Airport IDs) True Hdg Mag Hdg Fuel Grade
27.1 Roswell Air Center Airport
(ROW KROW ROW)
353 346 100LL, Jet A, Jet A-1+
32.6 Cavern City Air Trml Airport
(CNM KCNM CNM)
161 154 100LL, Jet A-1+
63.8 Lea County Regional Airport
(HOB KHOB HOB)
98 92 100LL, Jet A
64.7 Sierra Blanca Regional Airport
(RUI KSRR SRR)
304 297 100LL, Jet A
76.8 Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport
(ALM KALM ALM)
269 262 100LL, Jet A-1+
86.2 Carrizozo Municipal Airport
(F37)
304 297 100LL
90.9 Winkler County Airport
(INK KINK INK)
134 128 100LL, Jet A+
92.2 Gaines County Airport
(KGNC GNC)
96 90 100LL, Jet A
93.9 Portales Municipal Airport
(KPRZ PRZ)
33 27 100LL, Jet A
99.0 Fort Sumner Municipal Airport
(FSU KFSU FSU)
7 0 100LL

Notices to Airmen (NOTAMS)

NOTAMs

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NOTAM Radius Search

NOTAMS within

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This field is required
NM of KATS

NOTAM Flight Path Search (Enter from two to five locations below)

NOTAMS within

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NM of KATS

Remarks

A110-2 FOR CD CTC ALBUQUERQUE ARTCC AT 505-856-4861.
A110-4 AFT HR FUEL & EMERG REPAIR - AMGR.
A17 CLSD HOL.
A57-04 CLNC SLOPE 50:1 TO DTHR.
A75 CALL AHEAD - AMGR.
A81-APT ACTVT PAPI RWY 04, 13, 22 & 31; MIRL RWY 04/22 & 13/31 - CTAF.

Runways

Runway Summary

Runways: 04/22
13/31
Longest Runway: 04/22 is 6800 ft (2073 m) long
Runways with an Instrument Approach:

ATS Airport Runway Details

Runway 04/22  6800 ft x 150 ft (2073 m x 46 m)
Runway Length Source:  NGS as of 05/04/2007
Surface:  Asphalt - Good condition - Porous friction course
Runway Pavement Class:  17 /F/C/Y/T
Runway Edge Lights:  Medium Intensity

Runway Weight Bearing Capacity (in thousands of pounds) 
Single Wheel Landing Gear:  40.0
Dual Wheel Landing Gear:  57.0

Runway 04

Runway 22

Elevation: 
3544.5 3519.5
Latitude: 
32-50-42.2548N 32-51-29.7839N
Longitude: 
104-28-34.4710W 104-27-38.0807W
Runway True Alignment: 
045 225
Glide Path Angle: 
3.0 degrees 3.0 degrees
Traffic Pattern: 
Left Left
Runway Markings Type: 
Basic Nonprecision Instrument
Runway Markings Condition:
Good Good
Visual Glide Slope Indicators: 
4-Light PAPI On Right Side Of Runway 4-Light PAPI On Left Side Of Runway
Threshold Crossing Height: 
39 40
Threshold Elevation: 
3541.3
Displaced Threshold: 
499
Threshold Latitude: 
32-50-45.7432N

Threshold Longitude: 

104-28-30.3331W

Runway 13/31  6132 ft x 100 ft (1869 m x 30 m)
Runway Length Source:  NGS as of 05/04/2007
Surface:  Asphalt - Good condition - Porous friction course
Runway Pavement Class:  17 /F/C/Y/T
Runway Edge Lights:  Medium Intensity

Runway Weight Bearing Capacity (in thousands of pounds) 
Single Wheel Landing Gear:  40.0
Dual Wheel Landing Gear:  57.0

Runway 13

Runway 31

Elevation: 
3533.5 3506.3
Latitude: 
32-51-29.5232N 32-50-46.6080N
Longitude: 
104-28-25.3342W 104-27-34.5470W
Runway True Alignment: 
135 315
Glide Path Angle: 
3.0 degrees 3.0 degrees
Traffic Pattern: 
Left Left
Runway Markings Type: 
Nonprecision Instrument Nonprecision Instrument
Runway Markings Condition:
Good Good
Visual Glide Slope Indicators: 
4-Light PAPI On Left Side Of Runway 4-Light PAPI On Left Side Of Runway
Threshold Crossing Height: 
40 40

Services

Bottled Oxygen: 
None
Bulk Oxygen: 
None
Fuel Available: 
100LL
Landing Fees: 
No
Parking: 
Tiedowns available

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