Portales Municipal Airport

Portales Municipal Airport (ICAO: KPRZ, FAA LID: PRZ) is a city-owned, public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of the central business district of Portales, a city in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is classified as a general aviation airport.[2]

Portales Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Portales
ServesPortales, New Mexico
Elevation AMSL4,078 ft / 1,243 m
Coordinates34°08′44″N 103°24′37″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 5,700 1,737 Asphalt
8/26 4,560 1,390 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations20,000
Based aircraft21

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned PRZ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned PRZ to Prineville Airport in Prineville, Oregon[4]).

Facilities and aircraft

Portales Municipal Airport covers an area of 502 acres (203 ha) 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).[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 4, 2008, the airport had 20,000 aircraft operations, an average of 54 per day: 85% general aviation and 15% military. At that time there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 5% multi-engine and 9% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for PRZ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
  2. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  3. "Zuñí Pueblo, New Mexico - Portales Municipal Airport (ICAO: KPRZ, FAA: PRZ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  4. "Prineville, Oregon (IATA: PRZ, FAA: S39)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
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