Lea County Jal Airport

Lea County Jal Airport[2] (FAA LID: E26) 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.

[1] 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 320 acres (130 ha) at an elevation of 3,118 feet (950 m) above mean sea level.

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.