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Timberon Airport

E02 · Alamogordo, New Mexico · Otero County · map

Timberon Airport is a public-use airport owned by Otero County, 21 miles southeast of Alamogordo, New Mexico, 6,963 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 4,860 feet of asphalt.

The airport

Codes
FAA E02
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Otero County
Elevation
6,963 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
On the chart
Albuquerque sectional
Magnetic variation
11E
In the FAA's files since
February 1974

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

1331H1N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
13/314,860 × 50 ftAsphalt, good
H165 × 35 ftConcrete
  • Runway 13: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 55 ft high 265 ft from the end
  • Runway 31: trees 67 ft high 270 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

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Aircraft registered in Alamogordo from the FAA register

57 aircraft are registered to owners in Alamogordo, New Mexico: 37 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:

White Sands Soaring Association INC 4White Sands Soaring Foundation INC 3Rig Air LLC 2Horizon Adventures LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New Mexico.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 1 fatal

1991-05-18FTW91LA083 · Australite Aerobat Fpp1 N117BT · accident · no injuries
1987-03-21FTW87GA083 · Bell 47G-3B-1 N62462 · accident · no injuries
1986-06-13FTW86LA108 · Cessna 177B N34889 · accident · serious injuries
1985-05-13FTW85FA220 · Cessna 182Rg N737ZL · accident · 2 killed
1983-04-21FTW83LA199 · Piper Pa-23-250 N6574Y · accident · minor injuries
1983-03-31FTW83LA174 · Cessna 172M N9591H · accident · no injuries

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

  • VFR use only.
  • Departure runway 13; arrival runway 31. Fire station 500 feet northwest. 2 degrees downhill slope to southeast.
  • 40-60 feet trees 0-200 feet from threshold 60-125 feet R. 4-8 feet trees 140-200 feet from threshold 0-125 feet L of centerline.
  • 10-12 feet trees air carriers threshold 0-200 feet.
  • Helicopter near threshold.
  • Chip seal.
  • Deer and elk on runway spcly dusk.

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.