Playas Air Strip
NM86 · Playas, New Mexico · Hidalgo County · map
Playas Air Strip is a private airport, 4 miles southeast of Playas, New Mexico, 4,519 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 4,865 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NM86
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 4,519 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- El Paso sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1978
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 4,865 × 50 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: fence 5 ft high 257 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Aircraft registered in Playas from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Playas, 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway 06/24 medium-intensity runway lights - 5 clicks 123.0.
- Svr alligator cracking.
- Military act and drone (UAS) operations in the vicinity of airport.
- Rapid rising trrn east and frequency wind gusts.
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.