Raton Municipal Airport
Raton Municipal Airport Crews Field |
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IATA: RTN – ICAO: KRTN – FAA LID: RTN | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Raton | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Raton, New Mexico | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 6,352 ft / 1,936 m | ||||||||||||||
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Location in New Mexico | |||||||||||||||
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Raton Municipal Airport (IATA: RTN[2], ICAO: KRTN, FAA LID: RTN) (Crews Field) is 12 miles southwest of Raton, in Colfax County, New Mexico.[1] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility.[3]
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.[4]
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).[1]
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.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for RTN (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
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- ↑ Timetables from Continental, Trans Central, and Territorial Airlines
External links
- Aerial image as of October 1997 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for RTN, effective July 11, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for RTN
- AirNav airport information for KRTN
- ASN accident history for RTN
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures