Fort Sumner Municipal
FSU · KFSU · Fort Sumner, New Mexico · De Baca County · map
Fort Sumner Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the Village of Fort Sumner, 2 miles northeast of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, 4,165 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 5,800 feet of asphalt. It has 3 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 200 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Fort Sumner Municipal?
Its FAA code is FSU, and its ICAO code is KFSU.
Where is Fort Sumner Municipal?
It is 2 miles northeast of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, 4,165 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Fort Sumner Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 03/21, is 5,800 feet long.
Does Fort Sumner 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 FSU · ICAO KFSU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Village of Fort Sumner
- Elevation
- 4,165 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,800 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 5,250 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: brush 3 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 21: brush 6 ft high 226 ft from the end
- Runway 26: brush 8 ft high 235 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport (34 nm northwest), Portales Municipal (45 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport (34 nm northwest), Portales Municipal (45 nm southeast).
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 New Mexico · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Dusk to dawn: activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 preset low intst till 2200; aft 2200 activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Jamie wall or louie gallegos.
- 10 feet brush 75-200 feet from threshold 65-110 feet R of centerline; 6 feet brush 30-300 feet from threshold 50-100 feet L of centerline.
- +4 feet brush 0-150 feet from threshold 90 feet R of centerline.
- +4 feet brush 100-200 feet from threshold 100 feet L of centerline.
- 5 feet brush up to 200 feet from threshold 100 feet L and 90 feet R of centerline.
- Ctlg obtns exceeds 45 degrees slope.
- Gate aces 2019.
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
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 2 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
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 200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 100 |
| general aviation, local | 50 |
| military | 50 |
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 Fort Sumner from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Sumner, New Mexico: 5 piston singles, 1 drone. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New Mexico.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Fort Sumner 6 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 1 drones
- Accidents and incidents in New Mexico 1,422 since 1982 · 183 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 1 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New Mexico 65 landing places
- New Mexico 3,107 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FSU.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 29, 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.