Portales Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of the central business district of Portales, New Mexico, United States. According to the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is classified as a general aviation airport.National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) . Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the Federal Aviation Administration (FIA) and International Air Transport Association (IATA), Portales is assigned PRZ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned PRZ to Prineville Airport in Oregon).
Facilities and aircraft Portales Municipal Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 4,078 feet (1,243 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 is 5,700 by 60 feet (1,737 x 18 m) and 8/26 is 4,560 by 60 feet (1,390 x 18 m).
For the 12-month period ending April 1, 2021, the airport had 37,000 aircraft operations, an average of 101 per day: 92% general aviation and 8% military. At that time there were 31 aircraft based at this airport: 27 single-engine, 3 multi-engine and 1 helicopter.
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External links Aerial photo as of 19 September 1996 from USGS The National Map