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Vaughn Municipal

N17 · Vaughn, New Mexico · Guadalupe County · map

Vaughn Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Vaughn, 1 mile northeast of Vaughn, New Mexico, 5,936 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 5,150 feet of asphalt.

The airport

Codes
FAA N17
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Town of Vaughn
Elevation
5,936 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
On the chart
Albuquerque sectional
In the FAA's files since
February 2007

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0927N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
09/275,150 × 60 ftAsphalt, good
  • Runway 27: right-hand traffic pattern

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com

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Aircraft registered in Vaughn from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Vaughn, NM as the owner's town.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 since 1982, 0 fatal

1994-08-23BFO94LA143 · Cessna 172M N61774 · accident · no injuries
1992-09-17BFO92LA155 · Troy Bellah Rotorway Executive N727TB · accident · no injuries
1991-06-26NYC91LA158 · Piper Pa-28-140 N55149 · accident · no injuries
1990-05-20ATL90LA114 · Piper Pa-28 N5290W · accident · no injuries
1987-02-17NYC87LA091 · Cessna 172-M N80583 · accident · no injuries
1986-06-29NYC86LA169 · Piper Pa-28-140 N55149 · accident · no injuries
1985-01-20NYC85LA055 · Cessna 206G N9940Z · accident · no injuries
1984-11-03NYC85FFJ01 · Stevens Monnett-Moni N234NS · accident · serious injuries
1983-08-24NYC83LA224 · Piper Pa-28-140 N6003W · accident · no injuries
1982-08-15NYC82DA198 · Cessna R182 N9083C · accident · no injuries
1982-05-10NYC82DA093 · Piper Pa-38-112 N2483A · accident · no injuries
1982-04-22NYC82DA077 · Cessna 172D N2456Y · 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

  • 417 feet towers 1 MI south.

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.