| Raton Municipal Airport | |
| Iata: | RTN |
| Icao: | KRTN |
| Faa: | RTN |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | City of Raton |
| City-Served: | Raton, New Mexico |
| Elevation-F: | 6,352 |
| Coordinates: | 36.7417°N -104.5022°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New Mexico |
| Pushpin Label: | RTN |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| R1-Number: | 2/20 |
| R1-Length-F: | 7,615 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 7/25 |
| R2-Length-F: | 4,425 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2022 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 4/22/2022) |
| Stat1-Data: | 7,000 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 16 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Raton Municipal Airport (Crews Field) is 12 miles southwest of Raton, in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility.[2] [3]
Continental Airlines served Raton with Douglas DC-3's for about four years starting in 1949-50. Raton was one of several stops on their flights between Denver, Albuquerque and El Paso. Commuter carriers have also served Raton; Trans Central Airlines in 1969/1970 had a similar route to Continental's, S.I. Airways operated commuter flights to Denver and Amarillo in 1973 and 1974, and Territorial Airlines flew to Albuquerque via Las Vegas, NM, in 1990.[4]
Raton Municipal Airport covers 1,280 acres (518 ha) at an elevation of 6,352 feet (1,936 m). It has two asphalt runways: 2/20 is 7,615 by 75 feet (2,321 x 23 m) and 7/25 is 4,425 by 75 feet (1,349 x 23 m).
In the year ending April 22, 2022, the airport had 7,000 aircraft operations, average 134 per week: 83% general aviation, 11% military, and 6% air taxi. 16 aircraft were then based at this airport: all single-engine.
On January 17, 2018, a Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter crashed shortly after take-off from Raton while on a flight to Folsom, New Mexico. Five of the six people on board were killed. The survivor was seriously injured.[5]