Artesia Municipal Airport

Coordinates: 32°51′09″N 104°28′04″W / 32.85250°N 104.46778°W / 32.85250; -104.46778
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Artesia Municipal Airport
AMSL
3,545 ft / 1,081 m
Coordinates32°51′09″N 104°28′04″W / 32.85250°N 104.46778°W / 32.85250; -104.46778
Map
ATS is located in New Mexico
ATS
ATS
Location of airport in New Mexico
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 6,800 2,073 Asphalt
13/31 6,132 1,869 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations (year ending 4/1/2023)15,550
Based aircraft25

Artesia Municipal Airport (IATA: ATS[2], ICAO: KATS, FAA LID: ATS) is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Artesia, a city in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

History

During 1943 and 1944 the airfield was used by the

C-47 Skytrains and Waco CG-4
unpowered gliders.

The facility was deactivated on September 8, 1944, with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. It was declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on September 30, 1945. It was eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and returned to being a civil airport.[4][5][6]

The airport saw scheduled airline service in 1963/1964 from Bison Airlines and again in 1975 through 1978 from Roswell Airlines which provided flights to Albuquerque and El Paso. Roswell Airlines changed to New Mexico Air before the company ceased operations.[7]

Facilities and aircraft

Artesia Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,440

mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: 4/22 is 6,800 by 150 feet (2,073 x 46 m) and 13/31 is 6,132 by 100 feet (1,869 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 1, 2023, the airport had 15,550 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 43 per day. At that time there were 25 aircraft based at this airport: 20 single-engine, 4 multi-engine, and 1 jet.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^
    PDF
    . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective September 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  3. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
  4. ^ Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
  5. OCLC 71006954, 29991467
  6. OCLC 57007862, 1050653629
  7. ^ Roswell Airlines timetables

External links


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