Artesia Municipal
ATS · KATS · Artesia, New Mexico · Eddy County · map
Artesia Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Artesia, 3 miles west of Artesia, New Mexico, 3,544 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 6,800 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1).
Weather right now KATS · observed 1:35 pm MDT (19:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.12 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KATS 061935Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 27/11 A3012 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ATS · ICAO KATS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Artesia
- Elevation
- 3,544 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1944
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 6,800 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 6,132 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 499 ft
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.6 | |
| Ats and aWOS-3 | 126.725 | |
| Roswell and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.65 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 575-748-0270.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Artesia from the FAA register
41 aircraft are registered to owners in Artesia, New Mexico: 26 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 4 business jets, 3 balloons, 2 piston twins. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in New Mexico.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 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 PAPI runway 04, 13, 22 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Closed holidays.
- Clnc slope 50:1 to dthr.
- Aft hour fuel and emergency repair - amgr. After hours fuel with prior arrangement and callout fee.
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.