Taos Regional
SKX · KSKX · Taos, New Mexico · Taos County · map
Taos Regional is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Taos, 8 miles northwest of Taos, New Mexico, 7,095 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 8,600 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SKX · ICAO KSKX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Taos
- Elevation
- 7,095 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:30 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1967
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 8,600 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 5,504 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Taos and rco | 122.2 | Taos |
| Clines Corner Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.8 | |
| Skx and aWOS-3PT | 132.975 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 575-758-5663.
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 Taos from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Taos, New Mexico: 9 balloons, 5 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 drone. 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 New Mexico.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 25 since 1982, 6 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
- Avoid overflight of Taos pueblo world heritage site 5 NM east of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 04, 13, 31; PAPI runway 04, 13, 22, 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22, 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Physical address 24662 hwy 64, EL prado NM 87529
- Runway 04: 150 feet blast pad. Runway 22: 250 feet blast pad.
- Runway 13: 150 feet blast pad. Runway 31: 150 feet blast pad.
- Runway 04/22 parallel taxiway has RETRO-REFLECTORS.
- Wildlife 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.