Lea County Jal Airport

Lea County Jal Airport
USGS aerial image, 1997 (North is to the right)
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: E26
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Lea County
Serves	Jal, New Mexico
Elevation AMSL	3,118 ft / 950 m
Coordinates	32°07′52″N 103°09′17″W / 32.13111°N 103.15472°W / 32.13111; -103.15472Coordinates: 32°07′52″N 103°09′17″W / 32.13111°N 103.15472°W / 32.13111; -103.15472
Website	leacounty.net/jalairport.htm
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 1/19 4,704 1,434 Asphalt 9/27 2,604 794 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 4,200 Based aircraft 2
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Lea County Jal Airport (FAA LID: E26) is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Jal, a city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States.

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009-2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation airport.

Jal Airport covers an area of 320 acres (130 ha) at an elevation of 3,118 feet (950 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 is 4,704 by 60 feet (1,434 x 18 m) and 9/27 is 2,604 by 50 feet (794 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending April 7, 2008, the airport had 4,200 aircraft operations, an average of 11 per day.