High Lonesome Airport
NM91 · Fence Lake, New Mexico · Cibola County · map
High Lonesome Airport is a private airport, 6 miles west of Fence Lake, New Mexico, 7,460 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 4,000 feet of gravel and dirt.
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 NM91
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 7,460 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
- In the FAA's files since
- June 2004
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,000 × 25 ft | Gravel and dirt |
- Runway 27: tower 155 ft high 5,280 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: St. Johns Industrial Air Park Airport (30 nm west), Springerville Municipal (39 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: St. Johns Industrial Air Park Airport (30 nm west), Springerville Municipal (39 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
- Runway not maintained. Permission to land required.
- Ditches on both sides of runway. Width varies from 25 feet to 50 feet depending on runway condition. Large anthills and prarie dog holes hidden by sagebrush and thistle on runway surface at times.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fence Lake from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Fence Lake, 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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Fence Lake 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 4 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New Mexico 65 landing places
- New Mexico 3,105 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NM91.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 28, 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.