Portales Municipal Airport

Portales Municipal Airport
Portales Municipal Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: KPRZ; FAA LID: PRZ;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Portales
Serves	Portales, New Mexico
Elevation AMSL	4,078 ft / 1,243 m
Coordinates	34°08′44″N 103°24′37″W / 34.14556°N 103.41028°WCoordinates: 34°08′44″N 103°24′37″W / 34.14556°N 103.41028°W
Runways
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	20,000
Based aircraft	21
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Portales Municipal Airport (ICAO: KPRZ, FAA LID: PRZ) is a city-owned, public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of the central business district of Portales, a city in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States.^[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is classified as a general aviation airport.^[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned PRZ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA^[3] (which assigned PRZ to Prineville Airport in Prineville, Oregon^[4]).

Facilities and aircraft[]

Portales Municipal Airport covers an area of 502 acres (203 ha) at an elevation of 4,078 feet (1,243 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 is 5,700 by 60 feet (1,737 x 18 m) and 8/26 is 4,560 by 60 feet (1,390 x 18 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 4, 2008, the airport had 20,000 aircraft operations, an average of 54 per day: 85% general aviation and 15% military. At that time there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 5% multi-engine and 9% helicopter.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for PRZ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
^ "Zuñí Pueblo, New Mexico - Portales Municipal Airport (ICAO: KPRZ, FAA: PRZ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
^ "Prineville, Oregon (IATA: PRZ, FAA: S39)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 15 April 2010.

External links[]

Aerial photo as of 19 September 1996 from USGS The National Map
FAA Terminal Procedures for PRZ, effective February 24, 2022
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for PRZ
- AirNav airport information for PRZ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for PRZ

[FAA-1] FAA Airport Form 5010 for PRZ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.

[2] National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.

[3] "Zuñí Pueblo, New Mexico - Portales Municipal Airport (ICAO: KPRZ, FAA: PRZ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 15 April 2010.

[4] "Prineville, Oregon (IATA: PRZ, FAA: S39)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 15 April 2010.

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