San Miguel Ranch Airport
NM53 · Las Vegas, New Mexico · San Miguel County · map
San Miguel Ranch Airport is a private airport owned by San Miguel Ranch, 60 miles east of Las Vegas, New Mexico, 6,300 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 5,600 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NM53
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- San Miguel Ranch
- Elevation
- 6,300 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1991
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,600 × 100 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 04: trees 10 ft high 100 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Las Vegas from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Las Vegas, New Mexico: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New Mexico.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 1 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
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.