Lea County/Jal
E26 · Jal, New Mexico · Lea County · map
Lea County/Jal is a public-use airport owned by Lea County, 3 miles northeast of Jal, New Mexico, 3,118 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 4,704 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA E26
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Lea County
- Elevation
- 3,118 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
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1953
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 4,704 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 2,604 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left, brush 12 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 40 ft, brush 4 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 27: threshold displaced 45 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Jal from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Jal, New Mexico: 4 piston singles, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. 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 · 1 since 1982, 1 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
- Line of sight between runways NA.
- Activate PAPI runway 01 and 19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 preset low intst - incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- 3-5 feet brush 60-125 feet from centerline north side.
- 4 feet fence 50 feet from threshold; 10 feet road 40 feet from threshold.
- 1 feet to 2 feet brush 0 feet - 200 feet from threshold, 95 feet left of centerline.
- 4 feet fence 15 feet from end, 8 feet brush 20 feet from runway end, 10 feet road 0 feet from threshold.
- 3 feet posts 145 feet from threshold on centerline and 40 feet left and 110 feet right of centerline.
- 20 feet pump jack 990 feet from threshold 185 feet left of centerline.
- Approach slope 4:1 to dthr due to 10 feet road 40 feet from dthr.
- Approach slope 5:1 to dthr due to 10 feet road 65 feet from dthr.
- Oil drilling act on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.