Chloride Airport
NM51 · Chloride, New Mexico · Sierra County · map
Chloride Airport is a private airport, 1 mile southeast of Chloride, New Mexico, 6,202 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,000 feet of grass.
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 NM51
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 6,202 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 2000
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,000 × 60 ft | Grass |
- Runway 12: trees 15 ft high 300 ft from the end
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: Truth OR Consequences Municipal (20 nm east), Grant County (48 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Truth OR Consequences Municipal (20 nm east), Grant County (48 nm southwest).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chloride from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chloride, 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 · 4 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 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 6 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New Mexico 65 landing places
- New Mexico 3,114 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NM51.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 11, 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.