Portales Municipal
PRZ · KPRZ · Portales, New Mexico · Roosevelt County · map
Portales Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Portales, 4 miles southwest of Portales, New Mexico, 4,078 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 5,700 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 26 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 37,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Portales Municipal?
Its FAA code is PRZ, and its ICAO code is KPRZ.
Where is Portales Municipal?
It is 4 miles southwest of Portales, New Mexico, 4,078 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Portales Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 01/19, is 5,700 feet long.
Does Portales Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Portales Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Portales Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PRZ · ICAO KPRZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Portales
- Elevation
- 4,078 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1989
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,700 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 4,560 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 26: pulsating on the left, power line 30 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 119.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.425 | |
| Prz and aWOS-3PT | 118.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 575-478-2864.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Clovis Regional (24 nm northeast).
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
- PAPI runway 01 and 19 on continuously; activate or incr intst medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 and 08/26 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 and 08/26 preset LO intst.
- Fuel available H24 self service via credit card.
- Pvasi out of service indefinitely.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 24 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 37,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 10,000 |
| general aviation, local | 24,000 |
| military | 3,000 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Portales from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Portales, New Mexico: 14 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 balloon. 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance).
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Portales 16 aircraft · 14 piston singles, 1 piston twins, 1 balloons
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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/PRZ.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.