Lea County Jal Airport

Lea County Jal Airport (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.

Lea County Jal Airport
USGS aerial image, 1997 (north is to the right)
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: E26
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
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 (2023)
Aircraft operations (year ending 3/31/2023) 3,000 Based aircraft 9
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009-2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation airport.

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 March 31, 2023, the airport had 3,000 aircraft operations, an average of 57 per week. At that time, 9 aircraft were based here: 7 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, and 1 jet.

External links

• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective October 31, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for E26
  • AirNav airport information for E26
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for E26