Sacaton Airport
NM16 · Buckhorn, New Mexico · Grant County · map
Sacaton Airport is a private airport, 9 miles north of Buckhorn, New Mexico, 6,210 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,989 feet of grass and dirt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NM16
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 6,210 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- January 2023
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,989 × 50 ft | Grass and dirt, fair |
- Runway 08: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Grant County (42 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Grant County (42 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
- Daytime/VFR only.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Buckhorn from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Buckhorn, NM 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 · 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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New Mexico 1,423 since 1982 · 184 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New Mexico 65 landing places
- New Mexico 3,111 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NM16.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 November 4, 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.