Whitewater Mesa Ranch Airport
NM55 · Glenwood, New Mexico · Catron County · map
Whitewater Mesa Ranch Airport is a private airport, 3 miles northeast of Glenwood, New Mexico, 5,460 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 2,300 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 NM55
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 5,460 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
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1987
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,300 × 30 ft | Grass | |
| 09/27 | 1,850 × 30 ft | Grass |
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: Safford RGNL/1LT Duane Spalsbury Field (49 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Safford RGNL/1LT Duane Spalsbury Field (49 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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided compatible traffic patterns and operating procedures are established at GLENWOOD-CATRON county airport.
- Watch for traffic from nearby GLENWOOD-CATRON city airport.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Glenwood from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Glenwood, New Mexico: 1 piston single. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New Mexico.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Glenwood 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in New Mexico 1,422 since 1982 · 183 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 3,108 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NM55.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 October 30, 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.