Angel Fire Airport
AXX · KAXX · Angel Fire, New Mexico · Colfax County · map
Angel Fire Airport is a public-use airport owned by Colfax County, 1 mile north of Angel Fire, New Mexico, 8,380 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 8,900 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KAXX · observed 3:15 pm MDT (21:15 UTC), 8 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-southeast (110°) at 7 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 71°F (22°C), dew point 21°F (-6°C)
- Altimeter 30.35 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 KAXX 062115Z AUTO 11007G17KT 10SM CLR 22/M06 A3035 RMK AO2 T02191059
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 AXX · ICAO KAXX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Colfax County
- Elevation
- 8,380 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1966
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 8,900 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, gnd 118 ft high 2,576 ft from the end
- Runway 35: road 8 ft high 360 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Axx and aWOS-3 | 118.025 | |
| Raton and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.8 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 575-377-0526.
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 Angel Fire from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Angel Fire, New Mexico: 3 piston singles, 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 · 23 since 1982, 4 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 rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport located in mountain valley; rising terrain in all directions. Strong gusty crosswinds possible. High density altitude probable.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 17 on continuously.
- 24 hour. Self serve 100LL, jeta+ with major credit card
- 6-8 inch drop off at thld of runway 17.
- Avoid overflight of taos pueblo world heritge site west of airport.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -29C.
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.