Window Rock Airport
RQE · KRQE · Window Rock, Arizona · Apache County · map
Window Rock Airport is a public-use airport owned by Navajo Nation-C/O Navajo Dot, 1 mile south of Window Rock, Arizona, 6,742 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 7,000 feet of asphalt.
Weather right now KRQE · observed 1:53 pm MDT (19:53 UTC), 45 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 38°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 30.27 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KRQE 061953Z AUTO 10SM CLR 24/03 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP150 T02390033
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RQE · ICAO KRQE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Navajo Nation-C/O Navajo Dot
- Elevation
- 6,742 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1944
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 7,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, two lights on the left, fence 5 ft high 202 ft from the end
- Runway 21: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Rqe and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.325 | |
| Zuni and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.325 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 928-900-4667.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Window Rock from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Window Rock, Arizona: 2 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Arizona.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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
- Trrn all quads.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 03 and 21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 03 turn around unusable.
- +6 feet fence 0-200 feet from threshold 125 feet L of centerline.
- 4 feet fence 200 feet from threshold both sides.
- Faded or misg.
- Ctlg obs exceeds 45 degrees slope.
- South half rough.
- Ctn: turb in the vicinity of airport.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.