Tatum Airport
18T · Tatum, New Mexico · Lea County · map
Tatum Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Tatum, 3 miles east of Tatum, New Mexico, 3,986 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 2,920 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 18T
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Tatum
- Elevation
- 3,986 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1958
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 2,920 × 60 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 12: non-standard approach lights, fence 5 ft high 265 ft from the end
- Runway 30: non-standard approach lights, road 15 ft high 400 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Tatum from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Tatum, New Mexico: 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin. 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
- Out of service indefinitely.
- Gate code - field elev.
- Odals out of service indefinitely; 3 lights on extdd centerline; nonstd spacing.
- Odals out of service indefinitely; 3 lights on extdd centerline; nonstd spacing.
- Runway 12 mrkg faded or missing red "an X" on nmbr.
- Runway 30 marking faded or missing.red "an X" on runway nmbr.
- Numerous unfilled cracks with 1 feet vegetation.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of of airport.
- 6"-12" vegetation in all on airport pavements; ramp tie downs covered by vegetation, 2 FT-10 feet sctrd brush north side transition area.
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.