Airports / New Mexico / ATS
Artesia Municipal Airport
KATS / ATSArtesia, New MexicoELEV 3,541 FT
Google rating
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
27 nm
To the nearest alternate
Roswell Air Center Airport (ROW) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Artesia Municipal Airport, listed as KATS / ATS, is a general aviation field in Artesia, New Mexico. The field lies at an elevation of 3,541 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
ATS has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Roswell Air Center Airport (ROW, 27 nm), Cavern City Air Terminal (CNM, 33 nm), and Lea County Regional Airport (HOB, 64 nm).
Quotes for flights out of ATS vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from ATS, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KATS
IATA
ATS
FAA / Local
ATS
Elevation
3,541 ft
Coordinates
32.8525° N · 104.4680° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs NM fields
state range 3,295–8,380 ft
At 3,541 ft, ATS sits lower than 94% of the 32 New Mexico fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 27nmROWRoswell Air Center AirportRoswell
- 33nmCNMCavern City Air TerminalCarlsbad
- 64nmHOBLea County Regional AirportHobbs
- 65nmRUISierra Blanca Regional AirportAlto
- 77nmALMAlamogordo White Sands Regional AirportAlamogordo
- 83nmHMNHolloman Air Force BaseAlamogordo
Location
Open the full mapKATS · Artesia Municipal Airport · Artesia, NM
From the ramp
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