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Airport type
  
Public

2/20
  
4,840

1,475
  
Asphalt

Address
  
Shiprock, NM 87420, USA

Phone
  
+1 928-871-6498

Serves
  
Shiprock

Elevation AMSL
  
5,270 ft / 1,606 m

4,840
  
1,475

Aircraft operations
  
500

Elevation
  
1,606 m

Owner
  

Shiprock Airstrip (FAA LID: 5V5), also known as Shiprock Airport, is a public use airport located five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) south of the central business district of Shiprock, in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.

This is one of six airports owned by the Navajo Nation; the others being Crownpoint Airport (0E8) in New Mexico, plus Chinle Airport (E91), Kayenta Airport (0V7), Tuba City Airport (T03) and Window Rock Airport (RQE) in Arizona.

Facilities and aircraft

Shiprock Airstrip covers an area of 104 acres (42 ha) at an elevation of 5,270 feet (1,606 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,840 by 75 feet (1,475 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending April 13, 2009, the airport had 500 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 41 per month.

References

Shiprock Airstrip Wikipedia


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