Lea County Jal Airport

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 / 32.13111°N 103.15472°W / 32.13111; -103.15472Coordinates: 32°07′52″N 103°09′17″W / 32.13111°N 103.15472°W / 32.13111; -103.15472
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 (2008)
Aircraft operations 4,200 Based aircraft 2
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Lea County Jal Airport^[2] (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.^[1]

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009-2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation airport.^[3]

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 April 7, 2008, the airport had 4,200 aircraft operations, an average of 11 per day.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective February 24, 2022
• 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