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Chinle Municipal

E91 · Chinle, Arizona · Apache County · map

Chinle Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Navajo Nation, 3 miles southwest of Chinle, Arizona, 5,550 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 6,902 feet of asphalt. The FAA counts about 7,800 takeoffs and landings a year.

Quick answers answers refresh every morning

What is the airport code for Chinle Municipal?

Its FAA code is E91.

Where is Chinle Municipal?

It is 3 miles southwest of Chinle, Arizona, 5,550 feet above sea level.

How long is the runway at Chinle Municipal?

Its one runway, 18/36, is 6,902 feet long, asphalt.

Does Chinle Municipal have a control tower?

No, it has no control tower.

Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions

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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

The airport

Codes
FAA E91
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Navajo Nation
Elevation
5,550 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
Denver sectional
Magnetic variation
11E
In the FAA's files since
August 1999

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1836N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
18/366,902 × 60 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9
Tuba City Center (remote transmitter) Low127.55

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
none reported
Parking
tie-downs
Also here
air ambulance

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 Arizona · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

  • Activate PAPI runway 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Parking apron has large cracks and loose aggregate.

Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings

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Arrivals and departures, last hour

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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.

The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

Takeoffs and landings a year about 7,800, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)

air taxi and commuter5,800general aviation, travelling1,600general aviation, local400
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
a year
air taxi and commuter5,800
general aviation, travelling1,600
general aviation, local400

Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Chinle from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Chinle, AZ as the owner's town.

Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport

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

2025-08-05WPR25FA240 · Beech 300 N534AW · accident · 4 killed
1987-12-23DEN88LA040 · Beech A36 N27LH · accident · no injuries
1985-08-23DEN85LA228 · Beech V35B N25AB · accident · no injuries
1984-01-10DEN84LA072 · Bellanca 17-30A N93656 · accident · serious injuries
1983-05-30FTW83IA258 · Beech 200 N56RT · incident · no injuries
1982-03-10FTW82DA084 · Cessna U-206 N3417L · accident · no injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/E91.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.