Sierra Blanca Regional
SRR · KSRR · Ruidoso, New Mexico · Lincoln County · map
Sierra Blanca Regional is a public-use airport owned by the Village of Ruidoso, 15 miles northeast of Ruidoso, New Mexico, 6,814 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 8,120 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 7 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 14,278 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KSRR · observed 4:35 pm MDT (22:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 44°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.23 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 KSRR 062235Z AUTO 02005KT 10SM CLR 23/07 A3023 RMK AO2 T02270069 $
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 SRR · ICAO KSRR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Village of Ruidoso
- Elevation
- 6,814 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to October, every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; November to April, every day, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1987
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 8,120 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 6,309 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: non-standard
- Runway 24: ILS with DME
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Srr and aWOS-3 | 126.475 | |
| Roswell and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.65 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 575-336-8455.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 14,278, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Ruidoso from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Ruidoso, New Mexico: 19 piston singles, 3 gliders, 2 business jets. 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 · 16 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
- Air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats 24 hour prior permission required - amgr.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; PAPI runway 12 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 and 12/30 - the common traffic frequency. VASI runway 06 out of service indefinitely.
- Runway 12/30 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- VASI runway 06 out of service indefinitely.
- Surface condition unmnt when unatndd.
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.