Truth OR Consequences Municipal
TCS · KTCS · Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico · Sierra County · map
Truth OR Consequences Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Truth Or Consequences, 6 miles north of Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico, 4,862 feet above sea level. It has 5 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 7,202 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 24 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 15,700 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KTCS · observed 3:53 pm MDT (21:53 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (080°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 44°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.12 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:20 am MDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm MDT (03:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KTCS 062153Z AUTO 08004KT 10SM CLR 26/07 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP130 T02560067
TAF KTCS 061720Z 0618/0718 21005KT P6SM SKC FM070300 31006KT P6SM SKC
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 TCS · ICAO KTCS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Truth Or Consequences
- Elevation
- 4,862 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- 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
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1946
Runways 5
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 7,202 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 6,981 × 190 ft | Gravel, good | |
| 01/19 | 3,302 × 130 ft | Gravel, good | |
| 15/33 | 3,001 × 140 ft | Gravel, good | |
| 07/25 | 2,933 × 130 ft | Gravel, good |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 11: fence on the approach
- Runway 29: brush on the approach
- Runway 19: road 15 ft high 90 ft from the end
- Runway 15: road 15 ft high 45 ft from the end
- Runway 25: road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Tcs and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.675 | |
| Truth Or Consequences Rco | 122.2 | Truth Or Consequences |
| Truth Or Consequences Center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.2 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 575-223-0047.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 15,700, 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 Truth Or Consequences from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Truth Or Consequences, NM as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 3 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
- Dusk to dawn: activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Avblty - amgr.
- Sharp drop offs approach end.
- Sharp drop offs approach end.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds 45 degrees slope.
- Ultralight operations WI 5 NM.
- 1 feet gravel berms alg edges of all gravel runways.
- Fuel aft hour - amgr.
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.