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Rainy Mesa Airstrip Airport

NM54 · Reserve, New Mexico · Catron County · map

Rainy Mesa Airstrip Airport is a private airport, 12 miles sse of Reserve, New Mexico, 7,450 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 5,397 feet of grass and dirt.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes
FAA NM54
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
Elevation
7,450 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
On the chart
Albuquerque sectional
Magnetic variation
10E
In the FAA's files since
June 2021

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1230N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
12/305,397 × 40 ftGrass and dirt

Aircraft registered in Reserve from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Reserve, NM as the owner's town.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

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.