Mesa Verde Ranch Strip
7NM1 · Alamogordo, New Mexico · Otero County · map
Mesa Verde Ranch Strip is a private airport, 7 miles northwest of Alamogordo, New Mexico, 4,237 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,000 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 7NM1
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 4,237 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2009
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,000 × 60 ft | Grass, good |
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Alamogordo-White Sands Regional (6 nm southeast), Sierra Blanca Regional (41 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Alamogordo-White Sands Regional (6 nm southeast), Sierra Blanca Regional (41 nm northeast), Carrizozo Municipal (43 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in New Mexico · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Alamogordo from the FAA register
56 aircraft are registered to owners in Alamogordo, New Mexico: 36 piston singles, 12 gliders, 3 balloons, 2 piston twins, 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New Mexico.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- White Sands Soaring Association INC 5 aircraft · Alamogordo, 7 miles away White Sands Soaring Association is a flying club formed in 1959 that promotes soaring and operates glider flights from Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport in New Mexico.
- Holloman Afb Aero Club 3 aircraft · Holloman Afb, 7 miles away
Repair stations in Alamogordo:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Alamogordo 56 aircraft · 36 piston singles, 12 gliders, 3 balloons
- White Sands Soaring Association INC 4 aircraft in town
- White Sands Soaring Foundation INC 3 aircraft in town
- Rig Air LLC 2 aircraft in town
- White Sands Soaring Association INC 5 aircraft · flying club
- Holloman Afb Aero Club 3 aircraft · flying club
- Ed'S Flying Service INC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in New Mexico 1,422 since 1982 · 183 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New Mexico 65 landing places
- New Mexico 3,108 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/7NM1.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.