Cielo Dorado Estates Airport
NM05 · Santa Teresa, New Mexico · Dona Ana County · map
Cielo Dorado Estates Airport is a private airport owned by Cielo Dorado Homeowners Assoc., 4 miles north of Santa Teresa, New Mexico, 3,750 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 4,000 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NM05
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Cielo Dorado Homeowners Assoc.
- Elevation
- 3,750 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- On the chart
- El Paso sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- August 2015
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 4,000 × 50 ft | Asphalt | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.725 |
Aircraft registered in Santa Teresa from the FAA register
73 aircraft are registered to owners in Santa Teresa, New Mexico: 49 piston singles, 11 business jets, 6 piston twins, 4 turboprops, 3 helicopters. 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 · 1 since 1982, 0 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
- Activate rotating beacon - 122.9.
- Activate PAPI runway 22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - 122.9.
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.