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).
Weather right now KSXU · observed 2:15 pm MDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.09 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 KSXU 062015Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 28/07 A3009 RMK AO2
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
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 Santa Rosa from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Santa Rosa, NM as the owner's town.
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 FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.