| Lea County Jal Airport | |
| Faa: | E26 |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Lea County |
| City-Served: | Jal, New Mexico |
| Elevation-F: | 3,118 |
| Elevation-M: | 950 |
| Coordinates: | 32.1311°N -103.1547°W |
| Website: | leacounty.net/jalairport.htm |
| R1-Number: | 1/19 |
| R1-Length-F: | 4,704 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,434 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 9/27 |
| R2-Length-F: | 2,604 |
| R2-Length-M: | 794 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2023 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 3/31/2023) |
| Stat1-Data: | 3,000 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 9 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Lea County Jal Airport[2] 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.[3]
Jal Airport covers an area of 320acres 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 March 31, 2023, the airport had 3,000 aircraft operations, an average of 57 per week. At that time, 9 aircraft were based here: 7 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, and 1 jet.