Socorro Municipal
ONM · KONM · Socorro, New Mexico · Socorro County · map
Socorro Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Socorro, 3 miles south of Socorro, New Mexico, 4,875 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 5,841 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ONM · ICAO KONM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Socorro
- Elevation
- 4,875 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 5,841 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 4,590 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 186 ft
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 182 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Onm and aWOS-3 | 118.325 | |
| Zuni and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.325 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 575-838-3993.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Socorro from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Socorro, New Mexico: 8 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 · 9 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Gate code 4850.
- Activate PAPI runway 15; PAPI runway 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 and 15/33 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 preset low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Available H24 with credit card.
- 4-8 feet brush in prim surface 50-125 feet from centerline south side and 60-125 feet from centerline north side.
- +4-7 feet brush in prim surface 70-250 feet from centerline west side and south of runway 06/24.
- 1-3FT brush 20-80 feet from threshold both sides; 3 feet fence 80 feet from threshold 60 feet L of centerline.
- -40 feet drop off 175 feet from threshold both sides.
- -20 feet drop off 100 feet from threshold both sides.
- 50:1 to dthr.
- 0:1 to dthr due to 3-4 feet brush 120-250 feet L of centerline at dthr.
- Runway 06/24 4-8 feet scattered brush in pri surface 80 feet to 125 ftfm centerline south side; 60 to 125 feet from centerline north side, west of intersection.
- Runway 15/33 4-7 feet brush in pri surface 70 feet -250 feet from centerline west side, south of runway 06/24, 1 feet to 2 feet brush 100 feet to 200 feet from centerline east side of runway.
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.