Grant Besley Airport
NM03 · Taos, New Mexico · Taos County · map
Grant Besley Airport is a private airport owned by Flying W Ranch, LLC, 19 miles northwest of Taos, New Mexico, 7,646 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,500 feet of gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NM03
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Flying W Ranch, LLC
- Elevation
- 7,646 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- January 2016
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,500 × 50 ft | Gravel |
Aircraft registered in Taos from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Taos, New Mexico: 9 balloons, 5 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New Mexico.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Monitor 122.9 in vicinity of airport.
- Line of sight NON-EXISTENT between runway ends.
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.