Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport
SXU · KSXU · Santa Rosa, New Mexico · Guadalupe County · map
Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Santa Rosa, 3 miles east of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, 4,792 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 5,013 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and 1 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 4,150 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport?
Its FAA code is SXU, and its ICAO code is KSXU.
Where is Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport?
It is 3 miles east of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, 4,792 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 01/19, is 5,013 feet long.
Does Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
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 Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SXU · ICAO KSXU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Santa Rosa
- Elevation
- 4,792 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1967
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,013 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 4,294 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Sxu and aWOS-3PT | 118.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 575-472-9943.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA · each fuel's page: who burns it, where else it is sold
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Las Vegas Municipal (50 nm northwest).
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
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 and 08/26 preset med intst DUSK-2200; incr intst the common traffic frequency. Aft 2200 activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Available H24 with credit card.
- +5 feet berm west of centerline near runway 19 touchdown bars.
- +3 feet brush 0-130 feet from threshold 10 feet R and 80 feet L.
- +10 feet aces road 10-200 feet from runway end on centerline; 2-3 feet brush 20-200 feet from runway end 40-125 feet L and 50-125 feet R of centerline.
- Gate aces - 9942.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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 | 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 4,150, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 130 |
| general aviation, travelling | 3,000 |
| general aviation, local | 1,000 |
| military | 20 |
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 Santa Rosa from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Santa Rosa, NM as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 1 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New Mexico 1,423 since 1982 · 184 in the last ten years
- Public-use airports in New Mexico 65 landing places
- New Mexico 3,109 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SXU.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 November 3, 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.