Airport type Public 2/20 6,328 Code RTN | Owner City of Raton Elevation AMSL 6,352 ft / 1,936 m 6,328 1,929 Phone +1 575-445-3076 | |
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Address 33788 US-64, Raton, NM 87740, USA Similar KRTN, Pegasus Aviation, NRA Whittington Center, Raton Station, Hertz | ||
Raton Municipal Airport (IATA: RTN, ICAO: KRTN, FAA LID: RTN) (Crews Field) is 12 miles southwest of Raton, in Colfax County, New Mexico. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility.
Continental Airlines once served the Raton airport with DC-3's in the early 1950s as one of several stops on their route between Denver and Albuquerque and continuing to El Paso. A couple smaller commuter carriers have also served Raton; Trans Central Airlines in 1969/1970 with a similar route to that of Continental, and Territorial Airlines flew to Albuquerque with a stop in Las Vegas, NM in 1990.
Facilities
Raton Municipal Airport covers 1,280 acres (518 ha) at an elevation of 6,352 feet (1,936 m). It has two asphalt runways: 2/20 is 6,328 by 75 feet (1,929 x 23 m) and 7/25 is 4,404 by 75 feet (1,342 x 23 m).
In the year ending April 30, 2010 the airport had 7,900 aircraft operations, average 21 per day: 85% general aviation, 10% military, and 5% air taxi. 20 aircraft were then based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, and 5% ultralight.