Shiprock Airstrip Airport
5V5 · Shiprock, New Mexico · San Juan County · map
Shiprock Airstrip Airport is a public-use airport owned by Navajo Tribe, 5 miles south of Shiprock, New Mexico, 5,273 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 5,214 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5V5
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Navajo Tribe
- Elevation
- 5,273 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1970
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 5,214 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left, pole 50 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Shiprock from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Shiprock, NM as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Ditch northwest of runway entire length.
- 50 feet light poles in approach area.
- Parl taxiway a: condition poor; unmkd; surface cracks with grass and loose aggregate.
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.