Raton Municipal Airport


Raton Municipal Airport is 12 miles southwest of Raton, in Colfax County, New Mexico. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility.
Continental Airlines DC-3s served Raton for about four years starting in 1949-50; it was one of several stops on their flight between Denver, Albuquerque and El Paso. Commuter carriers have also served Raton; Trans Central Airlines in 1969/1970 with a similar route to Continental's, and Territorial Airlines flew to Albuquerque via Las Vegas, NM in 1990.

Facilities

Raton Municipal Airport covers 1,280 acres at an elevation of 6,352 feet. It has two asphalt runways: 2/20 is 6,328 by 75 feet and 7/25 is 4,404 by 75 feet.
In the year ending April 30, 2010 the airport had 7,900 aircraft operations, average 21 per day: 85% general aviation, 10% military, and 5% air taxi. 20 aircraft were then based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, and 5% ultralight.

Accidents and incidents

On January 17, 2018, a Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter crashed shortly after take-off from Raton whilst on a flight to Folsom, New Mexico. Five of the six people on board were killed. The survivor was seriously injured.