Beaverhead Airstrip Airport
13NM · Silver City, New Mexico · Catron County · map
Beaverhead Airstrip Airport is a private airport owned by the US Forest Service - Gila N.F., 39 miles north of Silver City, New Mexico, 7,378 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,840 feet of dirt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 13NM
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- US Forest Service - Gila N.F.
- Elevation
- 7,378 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1967
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,840 × 50 ft | Dirt, good |
- Runway 12: trees 35 ft high 370 ft from the end
- Runway 30: tree 15 ft high 50 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Silver City from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Silver City, New Mexico: 13 piston singles, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New Mexico.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Established prior to 1959.
- Airport may be closed during heavy fire traffic in summer.
- No snow removal or condition reports; check airport conditions with forest service /SILVER CITY/ before use.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.